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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Linear #196.5: Vertical GTM Deep Dive with Kevin Wilson (CRO @ Skimmer) (opens the original)

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    We’ve only got ~50 seats left for the Vertical Software Summit. Which means I think it sells out over the next week Grab Your TicketIf you’ve been waiting to grab your ticket, now is the time :-)(12 folks registered just yesterday)The Art of Vertical Go-To-Market<a class="button primary" href="https://www.youtube.com/wa

  2. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    Linear #196: The Place Where Deals Get Done (opens the original)

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    Today’s newsletter is sponsored by Xplor Pay. Vertical AI could represent an opportunity 10x bigger than SaaS. But capturing it will take more than adding AI features.<img alt

  3. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Linear #195.5: The SaaSpocalypse is over, but who wins each vertical from here? (opens the original)

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    The SaaSpocalypse is officially overBut who wins each vertical from here?Watch this weeks episodeEveryone spent the first half of 2025 screaming SaaSpocalypse. Then the software indexes quietly clawed their way back — apps and vertical apps roughly 60% off the lows, infrastructure ripping close to 90% on the back of consumption-based tailwinds — and the conversation shifted overnight.The real question was never wheth

  4. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    Linear #195: Most Of Your Applicants Are Still Living In 2019, Playground Acquired (opens the original)

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    Today’s newsletter is sponsored by Xplor Pay. Vertical AI could represent an opportunity 10x bigger than SaaS. But capturing it will take more than adding AI features.<img alt

  5. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    Linear #194.5: Benioff’s School of SaaS -> Betting it all on Vertical AI (opens the original)

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    Horizontal SaaS organized the company.Vertical SaaS learned the industry.Vertical AI acts inside the work.Watch this weeks episodeDom Dinardo has had the unusual advantage of arriving early to three software eras. He joined Salesforce in the UK in 2002, before “cloud” was the category. He later went to Veeva and saw why a company built for one industry can be harder to dislodge than a horizontal giant. Then he founded Aforza around consumer goods, a

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