Jira

includes Jira Product Discovery, Jira Service Management

8 statements across 7 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jun 10, 2021 by Jay Simons · said 65 times in 34 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (27), Jason Lemkin (6), Jason Fried (3), Cem Kansu (3), Scott Farquhar (2), Mike Cannon-Brookes (2), Merci Victoria Grace (2), Jay Simons (2)

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Jun 10, 2021
What-if
Simons: Atlassian wouldn't be the same company without an early second product
“We added a second products really early in the company's life cycle. That was a very unconventional and risky choice. But I think if I look back, had we not done that, we probably would be a very different company. Who knows? Like if we were just the Jira comp…”
Jay Simons Jun 10, 2021 ▶ 19:57 20VC: Why and How The Best Companies Build Economies Around Themselves, When, Why and How To Build Effective Partner/Channel Networks & The Power of Compounding Growth in SaaS with Jay Simons, General Partner @ Bond
Jun 10, 2021 positive
Insight
Simons: Ecosystem extensions drive higher core SaaS product retention
“If they do get access to that and it does solve a problem, it means that both the core product is more valuable to them. And the core product from a retention perspective is even stickier because you've got JIRA and then you have three or four things that are …”
Jay Simons Jun 10, 2021 ▶ 18:38 20VC: Why and How The Best Companies Build Economies Around Themselves, When, Why and How To Build Effective Partner/Channel Networks & The Power of Compounding Growth in SaaS with Jay Simons, General Partner @ Bond
Mar 23, 2022
Assertion Supported
Whatnot Operates Without Product Managers, Jira, or Ticketing Systems
“Because we're in a world where we basically don't have PMs, there's so many decisions and bits of ownership that engineering is required to take control of. We don't have JIRA. No one writes tickets.”
Grant LaFontaine Mar 23, 2022 ▶ 12:20 20VC: Startups Fail Because They Do Not Take Enough Risk, Why A/B Testing is Inefficient and Slows You Down, Why It is Impossible To Hire Good PMs so Stop Trying & 3 Key Signals The Best Engineers Present with Grant LaFontaine, Founder & CEO @ Whatnot
Oct 9, 2023 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Farquhar: Jira will never be as simple as products built for five-person teams
“We're never going to be as simple as something that, you know, has built from scratch for a five person team.”
Scott Farquhar Oct 9, 2023 ▶ 36:58 Scott Farquhar: Founding Atlassian; How We Scaled to a $50B Valuation; The 4 Jobs of a CEO | E1070 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 20, 2025
Disclosure
Deel built its own internal JIRA replacement over the last year
“Over the last year, we built our own JIRA-like product internally.”
Alex Bouaziz Oct 20, 2025 ▶ 36:17 Deel CEO, Alex Bouaziz on Raising $300M+ at a $17BN Valuation · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 30, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lemkin: AI agents will not use Canva, Jira, or Confluence
“I don't think any chance an agent is going to use Can that I don't think any, there's any chance an agent is going to use Jira or Confluence unless it's forced to, like it has no need for these products.”
Jason Lemkin Apr 30, 2026 ▶ 13:51 Anthropic Raises $45B but Falls Short on Compute & Thoma Bravo Hand Back Medallia Keys to Creditors · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 12, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Developer-focused SaaS seat pricing faces permanent assault from AI agents
“A lot of their revenue is still developer focused, which, where I think the seat is under assault, a permanent, permanent assault, the seat is.”
Jason Lemkin Aug 12, 2026 ▶ 1:24:35 Canva Slashes Growth | Talent Exodus at Google | Revolut's $50B CEO Package | Musk's $55B Terrafab
Aug 29, 2026 bearish
Opinion
Reyes: AI startups targeting intermediate Excel and Jira tasks will not survive
“A lot of knowledge work that's related to intermediate tasks, like people operating in Excel and JIRA. That's just not gonna be differentiated. The workflows are very common. And I think that we may not use a lot of tools like that in five to 10 years, so this…”
Eno Reyes Aug 29, 2026 ▶ 41:40 Should American Enterprises Work With Open-Source Chinese Models? | Only 10% of Neo-labs survive
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