IBM
includes IBM AS/400, IBM Blue Gene, IBM Informix, IBM Watson, IBM Watsonx, IBM Watsonx Orchestrate, IBM AS 400
4 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 7, 2017 by Dan Siroker · said 61 times in 27 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
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brought up most by Jason Lemkin (18), Aaron Levie (9), Sanjit Biswas (4), Alex Ferrara (3), Ajay Agarwal (3), Tom Hale (2), Karen Peacock (2), Doug Pepper (2)
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2025 21 mentions in 4 episodes 5 per episode
- Why Enterprise AI Adoption Is Moving 5-10X Faster Than Cloud with Box 's Aaron Levie and IBM's VP AI
- Why Only “WTF” Products Can Survive Today with Brett Queener Partner at Bonfire Ventures
- What’s Working Now: AI’s Real Impact on Sales with SaaStr's CEO and Co-Founder, and SVP & GM
- SaaS + AI: It’s Time to Move Much Faster with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
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2024 9 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
- Samsara’s Rise to Vertical SaaS Leader and $1B+ ARR with Samsara's CEO and Co-Founder
- 2025 State of SaaS: Trends and Predictions with SaaStr CEO and Founder, Jason Lemkin
- The Ultimate Attendee Guide to SaaStr Annual 2024
- Forget the SaaS Gloom and Doom. Just Build. with SaaStr CEO and Founder, Jason Lemkin
- every mention in 2024, scene by scene →
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
- Accel, Iconiq & Salesforce Ventures: "Where Venture Is Right Now: Gritty & Much Harder" at G2 Reach
- The Secrets to Scaling with HubSpot's Founders Dharmesh Shah and Brian Halligan and SaaStr's CEO
- Why Choosing Your First Customers Matters More Than You Think | Pigment Co-Founder Eléonore Crespo
- Lessons Learned Building a $2 Billion Company from Scratch with Neo4j CEO & Co-Founder Emil Eifrem
- every mention in 2022, scene by scene →
2021 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2019 8 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- State of the Cloud 2019: Europa Edition | SaaStr Software Community
- Scaling from $1MM to $500MM ARR: 5 Strategies to Drive Your Next Wave of Growth with Intercom
- From Freemium to Enterprise with Slack
- Lessons from New Relic: Five Critical Steps to Scaling Enterprise
- State of the Cloud 2019 from Bessemer Venture Partners
- every mention in 2019, scene by scene →
2018 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
- SurveyMonkey's Secrets to Keeping Customers Happy for 20 Years
- Insider's Guide To Building Great Product w/Merci Grace, Slack's First Head of Product
- How to Build Happier Employees - Founder & CTO and Chief People Officer at HubSpot
- Busting the Myths About Startup Success with Blackline's Founder-CEO
- every mention in 2018, scene by scene →
2017 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2015 4 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about IBM, oldest first
Jul 7, 2017 positive
Siroker: IBM has hundreds of non-developers running daily tests on Optimizely
“They've seen 70% of the decision gets made before sales person is involved. So they use Optimizely. They've got a team of hundreds of people doing A-B testing, optimization every single day that don't require developers to be involved in the process.”
May 20, 2019 negative
Jul 1, 2019 positive
Mar 14, 2021 positive
Deeter: Salesforce paid record 35x multiple for Slack acquisition
“35 X revenue multiple paid for what is a fantastic business by one of the leaders of cloud with Salesforce really showing that this was the second largest enterprise software acquisition in history after only IBM's purchase a red hat, but also the largest mult…”