support

4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 17, 2024 by Jiaona Zhang · across every show →

Everything said about support, oldest first

May 17, 2024
Insight
Zhang: Product is the most chameleon role in tech organizations
“It actually encapsulates everything I believe about product, which is the product role is the most chameleon role out of all of the functions, which means at some point you're like, I need to lean into sales because Like that's actually how I can build the bes…”
Jiaona Zhang May 17, 2024 ▶ 18:34 Jiaona Zhang: Why All Product Teams Should Have a Scorecard & How to Use It | E1154 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 12, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Lemkin: Customer support has seen the highest hiring reductions in tech
“No category has been more decimated in hiring than support. No one's hiring. Like it's radically down.”
Jason Lemkin Feb 12, 2026 ▶ 49:32 Anthropic's Super Bowl Ad: Who Won & Lost? | Sierra Hits $150M ARR: Is Customer Support Too Crowded? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 12, 2026 bullish
Insight
Lemkin: Customer support AI is a Trojan horse for horizontal workflows
“The super interesting thing about support is it becomes a Trojan horse to do everything else. Because when that's the main agent, if that is the main agent you're working with, you'll start using it for sales help or for research or for marketing or for other …”
Jason Lemkin Feb 12, 2026 ▶ 50:20 Anthropic's Super Bowl Ad: Who Won & Lost? | Sierra Hits $150M ARR: Is Customer Support Too Crowded? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 12, 2026 negative
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2027
Lemkin: Junior role elimination will spread to sales by 2027
“This is my big worry for 20, 27 is it happens. It's going to be true in sales. It's already true in support.”
Jason Lemkin Mar 12, 2026 ▶ 32:38 Anthropic vs The Pentagon: Who Wins? | The Data Center Arms Race | The Ultimate Stock Picks · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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