Frederick Schrader
Co-founder, Lassie · 1 appearance on the record.
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According to the podcast recording, he is a co-founder of Lassie working on product architecture and engineering. However, public records for the company and episode do not confirm a person by this name.
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Schrader: SMBs lack dedicated staff to operate software tools
“A huge difference between SMBs in general and enterprises is that in SMBs there's nobody to use the tools. Like you can build a tool, but there's nobody sitting there that's going to use it.”
Schrader: Lassie ships products at 95% automation rather than 100%
“We want to get to like a sufficient level of automation across any product to before we sell it. So, you know, for us, I think that's like, 95 plus, say, but not necessarily a hundred. Like, I don't think we're going to wait until we get into to a hundred with…”
Schrader: Onboarding non-ICP customers is more painful for AI labor products
“If we onboard the wrong practice and say we can't actually automate that much of their work, then now we're kind of stuck with this customer that you know, we claim we're going to automate a bunch of labor for them. We can't do it. Are we going to do it? Are w…”
Appearances (1)
| Episode | Date | Speaking time |
|---|---|---|
| “Every small business should run itself” | Lassie with a16z | Jul 29, 2026 | 8m |