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Daily Edition · Page 8

THE DAILY INDEX

Technology, AI, software, security, crypto and business

HEADLINES & TRENDS

TLDR Founders

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SAAS 2.0

Every SaaS app is just an expert's playbook turned into software. Salesforce encodes how the best salespeople work into lists and rules, but it's a rough translation - like getting advice through a game of telephone. Now AI can skip the middleman. Instead of buying software that nudges you toward best practices, you get the actual expert managing your data directly. A new dating app already does this - it turns a matchmaker into an AI that manages compatibility data. Soon we won't need apps at all, just specialists who happen to be software.

benn.substack.com · 7 min

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SVB'S STATE OF THE MARKETS

AI ate half of all venture capital in 2024. While total VC investment hit $204 billion - the third-highest year ever - AI companies grabbed 50% of all deals and 61% of megadeal dollars. They're getting 100% valuation premiums over non-AI peers at late stage. Meanwhile, everyone else is playing defense. The typical Series A company now needs $2.5 million in revenue (up 75% from 2021), but growth has cooled to 70% annually. With only 7 tech IPOs last year and 640 unicorns trapped in private markets, the liquidity crisis continues - just 25% of unicorns even meet basic IPO requirements.

svb.com · 6 min

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GOODBYE, MQLS. HELLO, QUALIFIED PIPELINE

This marketing VP bet everything on 100 target accounts instead of 10,000 leads - and pipeline exploded. The trick was launching messy ABM campaigns before they were ready, which exposed what actually worked. Now, BDRs report to marketing, and everyone's compensated on qualified pipeline, not lead volume. Turns out, companies buy differently at different sizes, so they tier their approach. However, the real shift was mental - stop thinking about capturing demand and start thinking about creating it.

dearstage2.com · 5 min

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FIXING MARKETING'S MISSING MIDDLE

Most teams focus on awareness and conversions while ignoring the messy middle where 80% of leads die. There's never enough content between "hey check us out" and "buy now" - that trust-building zone where buyers actually decide. This article breaks down how Ahrefs and HubSpot fixed this by becoming media companies. Weekly newsletters, teaching content, and showing up even when metrics look flat. The hard truth is that most companies won't do this because it takes months to see results.

opensourceceo.com · 8 min

TLDR Founders

MARK ZUCKERBERG: FACEBOOK'S STRATEGY TAX

Mark Zuckerberg saw it in 2018 - Instagram was eating Facebook alive. In this leaked email, he admits they'd been artificially pumping Instagram's growth by siphoning users from Facebook, and the data from Japan and Russia showed what happens next. When Instagram usage passes Facebook, the entire Facebook network collapses. His solution was radical - stop all promotion between apps, maybe even spin Instagram off entirely before regulators forced them to. He knew Kevin Systrom would never agree to slow Instagram's growth, writing "I am skeptical it is possible to both retain Kevin and do what it takes."

techemails.com · 6 min

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LOVABLE MAKES $75M IN 7 MONTHS—BUT IS IT NAILING PRICING?

Lovable hit $75M ARR in 7 months by letting anyone type English and get working apps. This unlocked a wave of non-technical founders building SaaS businesses, just like Shopify did for e-commerce. However, here's where it gets messy - it charges for AI credits that get consumed mostly upfront during building, then usage drops off. Worse, successful MVPs often graduate to "real" code and churn. Lovable is trying to be Shopify for SaaS while pricing like a construction tool.

getlago.substack.com · 6 min

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