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AI Won’t Run Your Events – It Exposes Who’s Actually Working
Strategy

AI Won’t Run Your Events – It Exposes Who’s Actually Working

The founder who says “AI runs our events” Every few weeks, I hear some version of this: “We use AI to run our event strategy.” Usually that means: They have Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini open in a tab. Their event data, CRM, and spreadsheets are sitting in ten other systems. The “strategy” is whatever one model […]

Saraa
Saraa Jul 1, 2026 · 7 min read
7 SaaS Lessons Every Founder Learns the Hard Way
Leadership

7 SaaS Lessons Every Founder Learns the Hard Way

Most SaaS advice online sounds the same:  Build a great product. Market it well. Close customers. Scale.  That story makes sense on a slide. It does not match what actually happens inside real SaaS companies.  In practice, the journey looks more like this:  Deals take far longer than expected.  The product slowly drifts away from its original focus.  […]

Saraa
Saraa Jun 8, 2026 · 11 min read

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