companies

“76% of companies missed their Q three target. 76% of companies missed their Q three target. That's up from 59% in Q two and 51% in Q one.”

“Only one out of 10 companies actually do customer research or development on a quarterly basis.”

“Only one in five companies have buyer personas or ICPs, only one in five.”

“And my sense is we're going to see, even in the second half of this year, Lots of boards pulling back, taking their capital back, companies essentially saying, hey, we're capitalized like we're a scaled ocean liner, and now we need to go find product market fi…”

“So one problem is that companies get stuck, I think, where they never actually go do that documentation. And so it's a debate and discussion about concepts that aren't really well fleshed out. And so people's ability to actually evaluate them in any realistic …”

“Today, half of companies essentially have a product ops role. And I'm guessing in another few years, it'll be much higher.”

“At any given time, Lenny, companies are working backwards from one of four things, whether they like it or not. I am working backwards from an exit. I'm working backwards from my next fundraise, working backwards from profitability, or I'm working backwards fr…”

“That employees hire companies more than companies hire employees. That's really the big thing.”

“I think if anything, taste is going to become a distinguishing factor in the age of AI, because there's going to be so much drivel that is generated by AI, can be generated by AI, that power is at anyone's fingertips. But truly the companies that are going to …”

“Usually a company is extracting much more value out of you. Naturally, like five to one, 10 to one, a hundred to one, right?”