SaaS

also referred to as: software as a service

16 statements across 15 episodes · 2 bullish · 5 bearish · 15 people on the record · first statement Jan 30, 2025 by Dan Rizzo · across every show →

Everything said about SaaS, oldest first

Jan 30, 2025
Insight
Early SaaS data products require professional services to prove ROI
“As many companies experience, software was very high margin, but if our saw, if we couldn't concretely show a return on investment, Because the client didn't know what to do with the data then it didn't matter how high margin. Didn't matter, you know, how litt…”
Dan Rizzo Jan 30, 2025 ▶ 4:07 20 - From HealthTech IPO to Family Office Success with Dan Rizzo
Mar 20, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
DiPaolo: CandidateHub currently operates as service-as-a-software, not SaaS
“But we're in the stage where we're more of a service as a software as opposed to a software as a service.”
Brad DiPaolo Mar 20, 2025 ▶ 8:19 33 - Navigating NextGen Recruitment: Brad DiPaolo's Journey with CandidateHub
Apr 15, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tepper: Tykr achieves an 18% visitor-to-trial conversion rate
“First conversion that visitor to trial, you want to be about over eight percent with a SAS, especially a low touch SAS like ticker. We're at about 18%, which is awesome.”
Sean Tepper Apr 15, 2025 ▶ 19:24 40 - Empowering Investors: Navigating Value Investing with Tykr's Sean Tepper
Apr 15, 2025
Insight
Tepper: SaaS companies need under 5.75% monthly churn for PMF
“With a SaaS, a benchmark, you want to be at about 5.75% or less to really achieve product market fit.”
Sean Tepper Apr 15, 2025 ▶ 21:22 40 - Empowering Investors: Navigating Value Investing with Tykr's Sean Tepper
May 15, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Filippenko: SaaS companies will probably not need venture capital in near future
“So like, it looks like in the nearest future, we probably will not need like VC firms for companies which operates as a SaaS or something similar where you do not need to investigate in in, like in hardware or in biotech or something like that.”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 15:10 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs
May 19, 2025
Disclosure
Novel Capital provides loans up to $5M with 48-hour term sheets
“Basically what we do is we will take a company's fundamental data, accounting data, banking data, use that to ascertain whether we can provide capital. If we can, we will give them terms in 24 to 48 hours, and then hopefully be able to provide them a loan, Of …”
Keith Harrington May 19, 2025 ▶ 1:03 Funding SaaS Growth: Keith Harrington on Novel Capital’s Entrepreneur-Friendly Approach
May 21, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Smith: Strong SaaS Acquisition Multiples Currently Range From 7x to 12x
“And so I would say like in general SAS, At an exit level, where we're seeing, you know, companies be acquired right now, I would say a good outcome is in the high single digits to, you know, call it like seven to 12, would be like, that's a good strong outcome…”
Matt Smith May 21, 2025 ▶ 10:17 Matt Smith from Kickstart on Early-Stage Investing in the Mountain States
Aug 1, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Shtabtsovsky: First Solo Billionaire Will Emerge From Deep Tech AI, Not SaaS
“So I, I'd love to see some self-made billionaire on SaaS, but it's probably going to be some deep tech AI stuff, say Andre Carpati or some other guy with the same brain or something can develop some AI agent or AGI that can handle all that.”
Cyril Shtabtsovsky Aug 1, 2025 ▶ 21:56 Harnessing AI in Venture Capital: Inside AlphaSemantic with Cyril Shtabtsovsky
Aug 18, 2025 neutral
Insight
Vassigh: Space tech requires five to eight years to generate revenue
“It's not something like a SAS software type of platform that you can say, you You know, within a six month or year or two, you know, you can start having, bringing revenue and so forth. Usually it takes, you know, space tech takes five to eight years, right?”
Kenny Vassigh Aug 18, 2025 ▶ 20:53 Commercial Space: Innovation, Market Challenges & Startup Success with Caylan Space
Jan 27, 2026 neutral
Insight
Pinnelli: Large Enterprises Insist on Keeping Data On-Premise or in Private Clouds
“In today's world, especially for large enterprises, because some of the small and mid-sized enterprises are okay to let go of the data in a different environment with certain contractual regulations and rules and the penalties, but not large enterprises becaus…”
Malhar Pinnelli Jan 27, 2026 ▶ 1:02:14 Ep2: From GCC to Global Growth Hub: The 7-Eleven Playbook
Mar 10, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Venkatachalam: The era of shallow, horizontal subscription SaaS is ending
“So, absolutely I think the era of horizontal, shallow software that's sold in some kind of monthly subscription is, is reaching its end.”
Sandhya (Sonia) Venkatachalam Mar 10, 2026 ▶ 14:30 Redefining the AI Application Layer with Sandhya Venkatachalam of Axiom Partners | The Innovators & Investors Podcast
Mar 24, 2026 bearish
Opinion
Ambrose: Prompt-generated SaaS cannot serve complex enterprises like Red Hat
“You know, you see this content, like, oh, I built a SaaS company and, you know, Three hours with four prompts. Like, that's just not gonna make it in a place like Red Hat, right?”
Jason Ambrose Mar 24, 2026 ▶ 13:17 Scaling Revenue Intelligence with Jason Ambrose of People.ai | The Innovators & Investors Podcast
Jul 7, 2026 neutral
Insight
Vijayavargiya: SaaS is a business model, not a technology
“SAS is not technology. It's a business model, how you sell stuff, right?”
Sonali Vijayavargiya Jul 7, 2026 ▶ 8:13 Transforming the Real Sector with Decision Intelligence with Sonali Vijayavargiya of Augment Ventures | The Innovators & Investors Podcast
Jul 28, 2026 negative
Opinion
Marquez: Fears of SaaS Armageddon and AI Replacing Engineers Were Overblown
“The SAS Armageddon was overblown or that AI was immediately going to replace any engineers. It's me. It's just a tool in the hands of the, of someone who knows how to wield it.”
Kristian Marquez Jul 28, 2026 ▶ 42:47 The Future of Family Care Runs Through Health Tech with Dr. Ashley Blackington of Dovetail | The Innovators & Investors Podcast
Aug 6, 2026 negative
Insight
Rakhmetzhanov: Industrial buyers are growing tired of pure SaaS models
“Nowadays there are tons of different AI tools, applications, platforms, but everyone is getting tired of certain software as a service model. you know, everyone demands results, you know, like end to end results basically.”
Tamerlan Rakhmetzhanov Aug 6, 2026 ▶ 15:54 Automating Process Engineering Workflows with Temirlan Rakhmetzhanov of Armeta
Aug 13, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Chen: Fears of an AI 'SaaS-pocalypse' wiping out enterprise incumbents are overblown
“Now I think it's overblown, right? A lot of companies especially enterprise, have a lot of integrations. They build a lot of operational processes around some of these systems. This isn't a flip the switch and these companies disappear overnight. These compani…”
Adam Chen Aug 13, 2026 ▶ 21:20 Navigating Early-Stage Growth and Revenue Alignment
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