SaaStr

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7 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 4, 2025 by Jason Lemkin · said 21 times in 2 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Jun 4, 2025 bullish
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Lemkin: SaaStr generates $5M in revenue per employee with five people
“We have five people and we do five million per person now.”
Jason Lemkin Jun 4, 2025 ▶ 41:16 How the smartest founders are winning in AI
Jun 4, 2025
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Lemkin refuses warm intros and only backs inbound SaaStr superfans
“I only, I'm different than 99.9% investors. I only do Saster super fans that are high intent inbound. I don't take favorite meetings. I don't do warm intros.”
Jason Lemkin Jun 4, 2025 ▶ 51:46 How the smartest founders are winning in AI
Jun 4, 2025
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Lemkin: Lowering hiring standards for small mistakes has a 100% failure rate
“I've hired folks for the email. Wasn't that great. I've hired folks where they put an E in Saster. I've hired folks that didn't do the research before they started a hundred percent failure rate, a hundred.”
Jason Lemkin Jun 4, 2025 ▶ 55:00 How the smartest founders are winning in AI
Jun 4, 2025
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Lemkin ingested 12 years of SaaStr media into a personal AI clone
“I have about. 10,000 pieces of content I've written over the years, a lot of it, which is not out of date and I update it personally. So I've got 10,000 pieces of content and then we have several thousand. Interviews like you guys do... And our AI took everyth…”
Jason Lemkin Jun 4, 2025 ▶ 1:22 How the smartest founders are winning in AI
Jun 4, 2025 positive
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Lemkin: SaaStr used AI to review 300 speaker sessions and decks
“And we just said, well, let's have our AI do it. And it reviewed 300 sessions, 300 slide decks, 300 presentations.”
Jason Lemkin Jun 4, 2025 ▶ 42:46 How the smartest founders are winning in AI
Jun 4, 2025
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Lemkin: Every Successful Investment Was Decided Before Meeting the Founder
“Every investment I've done that's good, I've wanted to invest before the meeting. Every good outcome I've had this.”
Jason Lemkin Jun 4, 2025 ▶ 53:19 How the smartest founders are winning in AI
Jun 4, 2025 neutral
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Lemkin has budget for 20 hires but cannot find top operational talent
“I've just struggled to find enough A-tier talent that wants to do this non-sexy stuff, okay? I would love to have 20 people on the team tomorrow. I have budget for it, or at least 15”
Jason Lemkin Jun 4, 2025 ▶ 44:01 How the smartest founders are winning in AI
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