Your SaaS looks dated next to AI rivals
Prospects compare you with tools launched last year and ask why they shouldn’t just use ChatGPT. Work out what to build, what to charge and what to say next.
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The mentors, selected for this decision.
12 featured mentors
Mahesh Jeswani
Chief Product Officer with 20+ years in product, from software engineer to CPO
Why this mentor
Mahesh added a suite of AI-powered applications to the Icertis contract platform within six months and later ran product at Measured, a strong guide to which AI work your product needs.
Why this mentor
Hugo led marketing at AI startup Unbabel through a 10x growth spurt and ran product marketing, including positioning, at PandaDoc, useful when your SaaS needs a sharper answer to AI-native rivals.
Yuliya Andreyuk
Fractional CMO | PLG & Commercial Strategist | Revenue Architecture & Monetization | Scaling B2B Startups
Why this mentor
Yuliya drove 160 to 200% yearly revenue growth at Banuba and now fixes pricing for SaaS and AI companies, useful before you decide how to charge for AI features.
Why this mentor
Roisin runs TheAITeam, helping startups and SaaS companies decide where AI adds real value, on top of 20 years in positioning and product-market fit: customer problem first, AI second.
Denny Hollick
Fractional Product Marketing Leader | Positioning & Messaging | ICP | GTM Launches | AI for Marketing
Why this mentor
Denny used AI to analyze about 700 sales and customer calls at Puzzle and cut the ICP to two segments, useful when “faster, better, cheaper” no longer sets you apart.
Why this mentor
Divya has taken LLM-powered copilots from idea to production after 15 years of product work at companies like VMware and NetApp, useful for choosing the AI feature worth building.
Andre
AI Product Management & Growth · Ex-Disney & YC · 2x Founder · 700+ professionals mentored & guided.
Why this mentor
Andre built Ocupe.ai’s V3x platform from scratch in three months and operates a workflow that cut human workflow hours by 96%, a reality check on what your AI feature can deliver.
Yousef Abusamak
Principal PM for AI at Secure Code Warrior. Ex Atlassian and Amazon, two-time founder
Why this mentor
Yousef spearheaded Jira’s visual and usability overhaul at Atlassian and now leads strategy for an AI product at Secure Code Warrior, useful when your product looks dated.
Rem Darbinyan
AI Expert | Angel & VC Investor (70+ Startups) | Startup & PMF Expert | Growth Mentor | Influencer Marketing Strategist
Why this mentor
Rem has backed more than 70 startups as an angel and VC investor and works on AI and product-market fit, an investor’s eye on whether your new story holds up.
Andrew Smith
CMO @ Clairvo | Founder @ Unmoor | Prev CEO @ AutoRaptor, Led Growth @ Dropbox, Techstars, SendGrid, Upserve
Why this mentor
Andrew was CEO of dealership CRM AutoRaptor through its acquisition and led growth for Dropbox’s DocSend, a seasoned view on keeping an established SaaS product competitive.
Serhat Hocazade
3x founding marketing hire | Positioning, pipeline, paid ads, AI for marketing teams | ex Amazon, Facebook, LinkedIn
Why this mentor
Serhat pulls positioning out of recorded sales and customer calls and took three startups past $100M in combined ARR as first marketing hire, useful before you reposition against AI-native rivals.
Leah Kreun
Helping founders and marketers find what's holding growth back: paid acquisition, measurement, positioning, AI
Why this mentor
Leah spent 12 years in growth at Thumbtack and Rev.com and often finds an acquisition problem is really a positioning problem, useful when AI rivals start winning your deals.
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"Three pricing tiers, flat conversion on the middle one."
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"Don't lower your B2B price under $400."
14:22 / 30:00
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Keep the recording, summary, and takeaways. Yours to implement.
Why would a buyer pick you over ChatGPT?
A prospect asks why they should pay when a prompt gets them most of the way. A rival that launched last year demos the same workflow in half the clicks.
Your answer lives in what a new tool doesn’t have: years of customer data, integrations, compliance and workflows people already trust. A mentor can help you find which of those buyers actually pay for.
What if AI now copies your core feature?
Some products grew on one feature, like text expansion, drafting or summaries, that AI tools now do in an afternoon. Customers still like the product, and revenue still goes flat.
One answer is to narrow to the customers for whom the feature was never the hard part: regulated teams, larger accounts, complex workflows. Bring your customer data and find the segment that stays.
Decide which AI to add, if any
Customers ask for AI features, investors ask about your AI story and the team wants to build. Before you commit a quarter, sort the options:
- Fix a slow step. Put AI where customers already wait or do manual work in your product, and measure the time saved.
- Add a new capability. Worth it when it takes over a job customers now pay another tool or a person to do.
- Keep it human. Some customers pick you because a person answers. Ask them before you automate that away.
- Wait and test. If the demand comes from one loud account or a news cycle, ship a small test to a few customers first.
How do you price and explain AI features?
AI features cost you money every time someone uses them, which strains a per-seat plan. Compare credits, usage tiers, a paid add-on and a higher plan against your margins and how customers buy.
Then test the new message on lost deals and churned customers before you rewrite the website. The mentors above include product leaders who added AI to SaaS platforms, pricing specialists and positioning leads from AI and SaaS companies.
People who were exactly where you are.
GrowthMentor enables us to swiftly get a world-class expert to give us guidance on any marketing issue or question in a matter of days.
Hamel Shah · Co-Founder
Read Hamel's storyKnowing I can always book a call to help me clarify what I'm doing is the best feeling in the world.
Lena Sesardic · Product Manager
Read Lena's storyI like to set my own strategies and then get help from experts to improve on them and check if I'm on the right track.
Minh · Solo Founder
Read Minh's storyIt gave me fast access to expert-level insights that I couldn't get from academic research or user surveys alone.
Nicola Rubino · Growth Marketing Consultant
Read Nicola's storySometimes I'm stuck at one step and all I need is someone who can share experiences of what they did when they were in my situation.
Annie Chen · Head of Marketing
Read Annie's storyI enjoy having pretty much instant access to a pool of worldwide, expert mentors who are keen to share their expertise and help others.
Carlos Terol · Co-Founder
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Before you join
What people ask before their first call.
Name what a prompt can’t replace: your data, integrations, workflow history and the result you stand behind. Then check that answer against recent deals. If buyers shrug at those parts, fix the positioning before you change the product.
Not by default. A rival’s feature list shows what buyers expect to see. Your churn notes and sales calls show what they will pay for, so start where customers already lose time in your product.
Start from your cost per use and how customers already buy. Credits and usage tiers protect margins. An add-on or a higher plan is easier to sell. Bring your pricing page and cost estimates so a mentor can test the options.
Only if it makes the value clearer to your buyers. Many care about the result, and some distrust AI in their workflow. Try both versions of the message in sales calls before you change the homepage.
Your current positioning, your pricing page, the two or three AI-native rivals you lose to and notes from recent lost deals or churned customers. Add the one decision in front of you: what to build, what to charge or what to say.
The session is advice on a specific decision. A full repositioning project, pricing research or ongoing advisory work needs a separate agreement with the mentor; describe the help you need in your request.
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