SaaS founders

7 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 5, 2020 by Jason Lemkin · across every show →

Everything said about SaaS founders, oldest first

Nov 5, 2020
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Lemkin: SaaS Founders Must Serve as Their Own First Sales VP
“You have to be the first VP of sales. For the simple reason that if you, first of all, well, two simple reasons. One, you can't attract anybody good when you're that early. A VP of sales wants to make money and want to make a lot of money in their stock, but t…”
Jason Lemkin Nov 5, 2020 ▶ 2:49 How to Hire a Great First VP of Sales
Sep 17, 2021 negative
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Lemkin: Today's early-stage SaaS founders stick with junior teams for too long
“So the biggest downside I see versus the old days is folks stick with two junior team for too long.”
Jason Lemkin Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 24:46 Nick Mehta CEO Gainsight + Jason Lemkin CEO SaaStr on "The Latest in Leveling Up Customer Success"
Aug 25, 2022
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Lemkin: Founders must recruit superior talent and stay curious to remain CEO
“One, if you can recruit people better than you should still be the CEO, and two, I think you have to have a curious mind.”
Jason Lemkin Aug 25, 2022 ▶ 1:30 The Answers To Scaling, Hiring, And Everything Else: An AMA With Saastr Founder & Ceo Jason Lemkin
Dec 8, 2022 bullish
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Lemkin: Founders should never eliminate free tiers as products become clunky
“As a founder, I think you should give up free at the, you should try to never give it up no matter what the team wants. Cause your product always gets clunky when you do.”
Jason Lemkin Dec 8, 2022 ▶ 26:15 Secrets to SMB at Scale with HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin
Oct 27, 2023
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Lemkin: SaaS founders between $2M and $10M ARR fail by over-diversifying
“The biggest mistake I see from like, Two-ish million to ten million that founders make is they over-diversify. They cross a couple million in revenue. They finally have something. It's more than beer money. It's real. And they're like, okay, well, we're strong…”
Jason Lemkin Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 15:26 How to Navigate Strategic Change for Growth with SaaStr CEO and Founder, Jason Lemkin
Jan 24, 2025 positive
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Lemkin: Offering roadmap presentations consistently secures in-person meetings with enterprise clients
“You know, it always works a roadmap presentation. It always works. Tell your top customers, and this works for prospects too. Hey, I'm coming to Dallas. I'd love to just show you what we're building over this year. I'd love to show you and get your feedback. I…”
Jason Lemkin Jan 24, 2025 ▶ 23:20 9 Things You Can Do to Grow Faster This Year with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
Aug 25, 2025
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Lemkin: Almost every founder gets the enterprise-to-PLG ratio wrong
“I find almost every founder gets the ratio of enterprise to bolt on wrong, right?”
Jason Lemkin Aug 25, 2025 ▶ 10:29 From PLG to Enterprise to SMB: Insights from Calendly's CEO Tope Awotona
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