SaaS businesses

6 statements across 6 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Apr 6, 2018 by Darian Shirazi · across every show →

Everything said about SaaS businesses, oldest first

Apr 6, 2018 neutral
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Investors Began Demanding Capital Efficiency From SaaS Companies in 2018
“And it's super important because now investors and the market are asking for capital efficiency with SAS businesses. 18 months ago, that didn't really matter. But if you look at things like Okta, you know, you look at companies like Nutanix, et cetera, these I…”
Darian Shirazi Apr 6, 2018 ▶ 12:19 20VC: Why Facebook Will Be The Company To Succeed in Crypto, Why Founders Should Be Actively Angel Investing & Commonalities of Great Leadership From Mark Zuckerberg to Mark Pincus with Darian Shirazi, Founder & CEO @ Radius
Jul 22, 2022 bearish
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Samani: Multicoin avoids SaaS investments due to weak network effects
“We basically don't do SaaS businesses for this reason. Not like, and I say this as someone who used to be very enthralled by SaaS. But very few SaaS businesses have meaningful network effects.”
Kyle Samani Jul 22, 2022 ▶ 35:00 Kyle Samani: Why Bitcoin is Not a Hedge Against Inflation | 20VC #909 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 29, 2024 negative
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Asparouhov: Lean startup methodology fails for category-defining tech companies
“It works in the world of like small SaaS businesses where you're trying to make a marginal improvement on a, you know Small, you know, industry, if you're doing workflow software for plumbers, I'm sure that is a, like, reasonable approach. I don't think that E…”
Delian Asparouhov Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 19:06 Delian Asparouhov: Inside the Walls of Founders Fund: What the World Does Not See | E1183 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 26, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Khan: Public SaaS companies ultimately trade at 7x revenue multiples
“Ultimately SaaS businesses trade seven times revenue multiple, right?”
Imran Khan Aug 26, 2024 ▶ 25:13 Imran Khan: Why the IPO Market is Not Closed & Lessons From Taking Snap & Alibaba Public | E1194 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 29, 2024 negative
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Podjarny: SaaS companies differentiated only by code are doomed
“SaaS businesses are far more than just the software that they create. In fact, if you have a SaaS business and your only differentiation is I've written all this code and nobody else can do, then your days are numbered.”
Guy Podjarny Nov 29, 2024 ▶ 0:04 Guy Podjarny: The Future of AI Software Development - What is Real & What is BS | E1232 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 21, 2026 bearish
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O'Driscoll: SaaS will never regain public market focus from AI
“The SaaS businesses are amazing, but the AI businesses are an order of magnitude of maybe two order of magnitudes larger and are at You know, earlier in their growth life cycle. So you're never going to get the attention back on you again.”
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