CRM
17 statements across 13 episodes · 7 bullish · 5 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Mar 25, 2016 by Branko Cerny · across every show →
Everything said about CRM, oldest first
Mar 25, 2016 bearish
Cerny: Younger workers will seek workarounds rather than use legacy CRMs
“More and more of today's entry-level workforce generation will often just not put up with clunky software. When you think about how they live, First thing they do after they open their eyes in the morning is check their Instagram, check their Tinder, and hit t…”
Jul 15, 2019 bearish
Subotovsky: Next-gen startups will disrupt legacy email, CRM, and calendar incumbents
“Email, calendar, CRM, marketing automation, those haven't changed significantly in decades. So I believe that in the next 10 years, we're gonna see a lot of the leading companies in those categories disrupted by new generations of companies that are rebuilding…”
Jan 29, 2021 positive
Palan: Product teams lack a centralized data system equivalent to CRM
“No, I go for the look like the whole premise of Product Board as a system. Is based on the idea that the information should be shared with all the people that are involved in product decision making. It's similar, like, you know, CRM system, like you centraliz…”
Jun 13, 2022
May 27, 2024 positive
Jan 17, 2025
Monday.com operates independent, startup-like business units for each product line
“Yeah, that's exactly how we think about this. We have different business units dedicated for each product. Every product is in different phase. So, you know, CRM is more mature and then dev and then service and obviously work management is kind of the most mat…”
Jan 17, 2025 bullish
Companies will consolidate core SaaS tools onto Monday.com
“Eventually I see, definitely see a future We're accompanied by several tools and consolidate on Monday for the core business use cases, whether it's CRM, work management, that service, and the compound value of using several of those tools, the flow of data, a…”
Jan 17, 2025 bullish
Feb 12, 2025
Software maturity makes product quality matter more than vertical customization
“So we think, I think that as these applications get mature pretty much all the CRM, they look the same today. So it's not so much about CRM for that business or that business, they are the same. So it's more about the quality of your product now rather than ho…”
Mar 17, 2025 neutral
Sep 12, 2025 bearish
Bendov: Traditional CRMs capture only one percent of sales reality
“This is not true. CRM doesn't have truth. The only thing that's true out there is like who your customers are, what they bought, how much they're paying you, maybe their phone numbers. Everything else is not true. It's like information that sellers are Botheri…”
Sep 12, 2025 bullish
Sep 12, 2025 bullish
Bendov: AI agents will automate manual CRM work within two years
“Absolutely. Like, I mean, who wants to fill in forms or flip the web pages? This is like people punching cards in the seventies. There's no doubt in a couple of years at most, and I used to say like in 10 years, right? Now I say like in one to two years, nobod…”
Nov 24, 2025 bullish
Shlomo: Vibe coding will become software's largest category, swallowing traditional SaaS
“I felt like in my eyes, this is going to be the largest category in, in software industry. Cause a lot of like existing categories that we're familiar with. And CRM and support systems and task management and project management and stuff like that are going to…”
Mar 12, 2026 negative
Lemkin: Next-Gen AI CRMs Cannot Function With Workplace Privacy
“App is, this is becoming necessary core CRM functionality to record and manage every keystroke, every interaction, everything you type, everything you do, because otherwise you can't automate a CRM. Like, the next generation CRM just does not work if you have …”
Apr 23, 2026 neutral