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                      LinkedIn is full of posts about how this week's hot AI startup has hit $100M ARR in record time.
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                     Here's some actual, real data for the folks just trying to get their SaaS off the ground in the real world.
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                      Crossing $100K ARR is getting harder.
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                     Since 2022, fewer SaaS startups are passing $100K ARR within two years of getting their first customer. That’s a big signal that the early growth environment has changed. Scaling a SaaS from $0 to &gt;$100K ARR has never been easy, but looking at the data, it actually seems to be getting a bit harder.
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                     Keep at it, folks 💪 Building a successful SaaS company is worth the struggle.
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                     Here’s the best SaaS content we came across this week.
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                      Nick Franklin
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                     Founder &amp; CEO
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                     Should early-stage founders invest in brand?
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                     When you’re just starting, brand can feel like fluff. Something for later. Something for household-name companies. But in software, brand is often the only thing that sets you apart.
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                     Join
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                      Chris Cunningham
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                      Bianca Wilk
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                     for a candid conversation about what brand
really means in the early stages, how it drives growth, and what they would do differently if they were starting over.
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                    First Round Review
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                      Karri Saarinen took a deliberate path to build Linear, prioritizing quality and focus over speed. By designing for a specific type of user and staying true to that vision, Linear found strong product-market fit and grew steadily into a $1.25B company.
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                     Saarinen has built Linear to impress one very particular someone: himself.
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                     Pricing for abundance in AI
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                    Davis Treybig
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                      Davis argues that AI SaaS startups should embrace usage-based pricing, not hide it. Instead of limiting power users to protect margins, pricing for abundance lets teams deliver better, more flexible products and align cost with value.
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                    "There is one overlooked angle of pricing AI products which I increasingly find interesting from a startup perspective: the idea that usage based pricing, particularly in a world of a reasoning models, can act as a competitive advantage. In other words - I think more products should price for abundance."
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