New York

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 7, 2017 by Jay Simons · said 4 times in 4 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Jul 7, 2017 positive
Assertion Supported
Simons: Atlassian flew all ten-year employees to New York for IPO
“In fact, we took all of the ten-year Employees to New York to celebrate the IPO, and there was a big gaggle of them, and so there's a bunch of people that have worked really hard along that journey.”
Jay Simons Jul 7, 2017 ▶ 4:17 Jay Simons, President @ Atlassian - The Inside Story Through IPO
Mar 17, 2018 negative
Insight
Lemkin: Expanding to NYC instead of SF is European SaaS's biggest mistake
“Unless your customers are in New York, unless you're doing financial services or some parts of ad tech or otherwise, going to New York is the worst idea. you get none of the, almost none of the benefits of being in the Bay Area. You don't get the customers he…”
Jason Lemkin Mar 17, 2018 ▶ 1:55 SaaStrPRO AMA with Jason Lemkin
Mar 18, 2021 negative
Disclosure
Blond: Brex biases hiring away from Tier 1 cities for cost savings
“We have a bias towards new hires that actually aren't in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles. What we categorize as tier one cities because there's cost savings associated with hiring people in lower cost locations.”
Sam Blond Mar 18, 2021 ▶ 5:07 The Future of Sales Post-Covid with Brex's CRO, Sam Blond
Nov 3, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Blond: Early Brex close rates were significantly higher in SF than NYC
“And by really targeting a specific geo where you talked about this flywheel of customers that can start to engage with other customers the likelihood that we were gonna close a deal when we created an opportunity in San Francisco compared to even New York, whi…”
Sam Blond Nov 3, 2023 ▶ 20:34 The Proven Customer Acquisition Strategies Behind Toast's Record Breaking Growth with Toast's CRO
Oct 22, 2025 bearish
Assertion Partly supported
Net Tech Hiring Is Now Negative in Austin and Miami
“SF, almost all the hiring and net hiring in tech is in SF. It's twice New York. And basically after SF in New York, there is no net hiring. It's net negative in Austin. It's net negative in Miami.”
Jason Lemkin Oct 22, 2025 ▶ 27:43 The State of AI + Software: Where It’s Going - Fast
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