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Revenue flat for months? Stop pressing every button.
Find the growth constraint before trying another tactic.
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Growth stalled? How to find your next stage of growth.
The growth dilemma. · Founder Social Club · March 12, 2026
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Chapters.
00:00Welcome and introductions
02:18What a growth plateau feels like
11:01Three questions to find where growth is stuck
14:30Expanding your current product, and expert blindness
21:43One North Star metric for the whole team
27:43Prioritizing: saying no, quick wins and big bets
34:50Learning from your competitors
44:04Expanding into a new market
48:39Testing growth with hypotheses
53:48Live questions from founders
In this session.
Most SaaS founders reach a point where revenue stops moving no matter how many things they try. In this Designli Academy session we break down why plateaus happen and how to get past them: three questions that show where growth is stuck, how expert blindness hides value you already built, how to align the team around one North Star metric, and how to turn competitors' reviews into a roadmap. We close with when to expand into a new market, and how to do it without hurting what already works.
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Three questions that show whether your next stage of growth is in your current product, your market or a new one.
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How to pick one North Star metric and prioritize around it, including what to say no to.
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How to use competitor reviews and industry trends to decide what to build, and test a new market like a startup inside your startup.
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Excerpts from this webinar.
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3:29Grow
Three questions that tell you where your growth is stuck.
Use three questions to find where growth is getting stuck.
3:06Grow
Your customers see a hat. You built something much bigger.
Understand the gap between the product you built and the value customers see.
3:01Grow
You know your product too well. That's the problem.
Look at your product from the customer’s perspective.
4:08Grow
Activity isn't progress. Pick one North Star metric.
Choose a North Star metric that connects the work to customer value.
3:15Grow
The hardest word for a founder is no.
Make room for the work that matters by saying no.
1:22Grow
Quick wins, big bets and what to cut.
Sort growth ideas into quick wins, big bets and work to stop.
3:54Grow
Your competitors' reviews are a free roadmap.
Use competitor reviews to learn what customers still need.
1:39Grow
Don't copy your competitor's features. Copy their thinking.
Understand the reasoning behind a competitor’s choices.
3:13Grow
Expanding to a new market? Make it a startup inside your startup.
Test a new market with the focus of a startup.
1:40Build
What a testable hypothesis looks like.
Turn an assumption into a hypothesis you can test.