public SaaS companies

7 statements across 7 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 18, 2023 by Jason Lemkin · across every show →

Everything said about public SaaS companies, oldest first

May 18, 2023 neutral
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Lemkin: About 80% of Public SaaS Companies Are Reinvented Existing Categories
“What percent of public SaaS companies are new versions Of existing categories. New versions. It's about 80%, ok?”
Jason Lemkin May 18, 2023 ▶ 5:36 VC AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Black Mangroves MD Arnaud Bonzom at SaaStr APAC 2023
Aug 21, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Most Public SaaS Companies Go Multi-Product Before Reaching 10,000 Customers
“If you look across all the public SaaS companies, most of them get multi-product well before they have 10,000 customers in any market.”
Jason Lemkin Aug 21, 2023 ▶ 16:48 The Top 10 Worst Pieces of SaaS Advice with SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin
Sep 27, 2023 bearish
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VCs Are Pricing in Far Fewer Multi-Billion Dollar SaaS Exits
“Not so many companies will eventually exit at several billion dollars or even or even, even more than that. And I think that that is something that investors are starting to factor in more than they did that some years ago.”
Christoph Janz Sep 27, 2023 ▶ 19:51 What it Takes to Raise Capital with Christoph Janz of Point Nine
Feb 27, 2024 bearish
Assertion Supported
Lee: Public SaaS Median Magic Number Dropped From 0.7x to 0.3x
“The median net magic number for public SaaS companies has dropped from .7 X earlier last year To .3 X in the most recent quarter.”
Jane Lee Feb 27, 2024 ▶ 2:35 How to Double Your Magic Number and Increase Your Go-to-Market Efficiency with Sapphire Ventures
May 29, 2024
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Lemkin: Public SaaS companies have 30,000 customers on average
“I was putting together a list of how many customers public SaaS companies have on average just the other day. And I realized it's 30,000 on average.”
Jason Lemkin May 29, 2024 ▶ 30:26 René Lacerte, CEO Bill + Jason Lemkin: "It's Just Getting Good for SMB SaaS"
Mar 7, 2025 negative
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Lemkin: A $100B+ Public SaaS Company Threatens Customers With Lawsuits
“Even worse, a number of public SaaS companies you probably know threatened to sue users or threatened legal action. One of them is well over a hundred billion dollars in market cap has repeatedly. You can see it on X. If you search sent messages threatening to…”
Jason Lemkin Mar 7, 2025 ▶ 9:28 Why I’m Scared to Buy New SaaS Apps Now with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
Oct 22, 2025 neutral
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Public SaaS Revenue per Employee Benchmark Has Doubled to $400K
“Not only has AI changed the world, but we're never going to live in a world where 200,000 dollars per employee is tolerable when you're public. It's now 400,000 and up 400,000 to 500,000.”
Jason Lemkin Oct 22, 2025 ▶ 22:46 The State of AI + Software: Where It’s Going - Fast
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