EchoSign

5 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 20, 2017 by Jason Lemkin · said 32 times in 13 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Mar 20, 2017
Disclosure
Lemkin's first startup raised $9M on $2M pre-money with 5x liquidation preference
“In my first startup before Echo sign, there was so much drama the first time I raised money. But at the end of the day, I got the world's worst term sheet with the world's worst terms. It was nine, a nine million round on a two pre with a five X liquidation pr…”
Jason Lemkin Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 8:30 20VC: SaaStr's Jason Lemkin on The 3 Things You Want From Your LPs, Why Most VCs Do Not Add Value & Why The Best VCs Know How To Package Startups For The Next Round
Nov 30, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Lemkin: Emergence Capital's fund backing EchoSign returned 12x
“I was in emergence too. That's like a 12 X fund.”
Jason Lemkin Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 8:45 Jason Lemkin: Cold Email Tips; Why Only 15% of Founders Listen to their VCs | 20VC #954 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 8, 2024 positive
Opinion
Cassidy: EchoSign's cost-first sales comp model fits current market conditions
“I would say the Echosign model. Is a great model for times like this, right? Which was pay of really high percentage after they paid for the, after they paid for themselves, essentially, right?”
Brendon Cassidy Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 24:11 Brendon Cassidy: Why You Should Never Hire Someone You Do Not Know in Your First Five Hires | E1124 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 12, 2024
Insight
Sam Blond: Picking the Right Startup Defines Career Success More Than Performance
“The reality is the importance of picking the right company it just really defines one's career. I attribute so much of my success to joining the right businesses. Now, like, I was able to perform within those businesses, and, you know, for context, we're talki…”
Sam Blond Apr 12, 2024 ▶ 3:43 Sam Blond: Why Startups are Doing Outbound Wrong and How to Fix It | E1139 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 18, 2025 positive
What-if
Lemkin: EchoSign would have sold for $1B as #2 to DocuSign
“Even if EchoSign had just done okay, and we'd gotten up to a hundred million, just the folks that DocuSign turned down would have come and bought us for a billion bucks. Like, I wouldn't have had to do anything just being number two.”
Jason Lemkin Sep 18, 2025 ▶ 1:09:08 Opendoor CEO, Kaz Nejatian: OpenAI and Oracle, How Can Either Afford to Do This · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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