software

12 statements across 11 episodes · 6 bullish · 4 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Mar 17, 2018 by Jason Lemkin · across every show →

Everything said about software, oldest first

Mar 17, 2018 negative
Insight
Lemkin: Abandoning free trials leads to broken onboarding and mediocre software
“Once you give up free trials, you will never go back, and you will be able to have terrible onboarding, and you will be able to have all this friction behind the scenes, and you will be able to have many broken processes and things, and you will never build gr…”
Jason Lemkin Mar 17, 2018 ▶ 32:12 SaaStrPRO AMA with Jason Lemkin
May 3, 2018 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Deeter: Early AI and machine learning are having a lasting impact on software
“The impact of the early instantiation of machine learning in AI is having lasting impact in the software, and that will be impactful as we talk about the macro trends.”
Byron Deeter May 3, 2018 ▶ 1:53 State of the Cloud: 2018 Edition
Sep 11, 2019 positive
Insight
Self-serve onboarding and free tiers drive faster software growth
“The world's moving towards an easier model, which is throw a credit card in or don't get a free tier and just sign up and start going. That's how you can grow more quickly.”
Ashley Smith Sep 11, 2019 ▶ 11:09 Using Product Led Growth as an Indicator for Investment w/OpenView Venture Partner, Ashley Smith
Mar 14, 2021 bullish
Prediction Held up
Deeter: Cloud will become dominant delivery model for all software in 3 years
“And we do believe that within the next three years, cloud will become the dominant delivery model for all of software in this enabled cloud first world.”
Byron Deeter Mar 14, 2021 ▶ 20:32 The State of the Cloud: 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners | SaaStr Software Community
Mar 18, 2021
Insight
Lemkin: Cost-effective humans are the single best investment in software
“If you have cost effective, high quality humans, that is the single best investment you can make in software.”
Jason Lemkin Mar 18, 2021 ▶ 13:00 The Future of Sales Post-Covid with Brex's CRO, Sam Blond
Feb 15, 2022 negative
Opinion
Asthana: The vast majority of the world's software goes unused
“Now the funny thing about software is that we all believe software to be valuable, but you know, most software in the world goes unused. People don't want to use it and you know, they don't want to come back to it.”
Abhinav Asthana Feb 15, 2022 ▶ 16:01 Building a $5.6B company with a Product-led Flywheel with Postman's CEO Abhinav Asthana
Mar 19, 2022 positive
Insight
Integrating Hardware Solves Problems Pure Software Cannot Address
“By integrating hardware with our solution, we make it possible to solve different types of problems than we could with software alone.”
Kiren Sekar Mar 19, 2022 ▶ 1:54 Learnings from Innovating in Underserved Markets with Samsara CPO Kiren Sekar
Jul 6, 2022
Insight
Schuck: Software M&A Works Best When Products Share Identical Buyer Personas
“Where you have a product that sells to the same buyer, goes up and down SMB to enterprise, and is easily enabled, that's where you can get a big lift.”
Henry Schuck Jul 6, 2022 ▶ 21:12 10 Mistakes the CEO/Founder of ZoomInfo Made on His Journey to IPO (and Beyond)
May 21, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lemkin: AI Will Shrink Software Dominance Cycles from 20 to 5 Years
“And we really used to have a 20 year run. Now we're gonna have five year runs and we're gonna, the rate of change is so high.”
Jason Lemkin May 21, 2025 ▶ 12:49 SaaS + AI: It’s Time to Move Much Faster with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
Jun 11, 2026 positive
Insight
Lemkin: High-ROI AI Agents Can Command 2x to 10x Software Pricing
“That will, in many cases, either deliver instant ROI or really replace humans, and it is so jaw-droppingly valuable that you can charge two to 10 times more than your software.”
Jason Lemkin Jun 11, 2026 ▶ 29:06 $4 Trillion in IPOs, $100B in M&A, and Why B2B Spend is Booming
Jul 15, 2026 bullish
Opinion
O'Driscoll: OpenAI and Anthropic Prove Software Is Not Dead
“What they don't mean is software dead because OpenAI and Entropic are software, and they are most definitely not dead.”
Rory O'Driscoll Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 14:13 Software Isn't Dead. It's Gotten Harder with Scale Venture Partners' Rory O'Driscoll
Jul 15, 2026 negative
Opinion
O'Driscoll: Healthcare and Legal Were Historically Terrible Software Markets
“The existing markets are getting bigger, and AI is also coming to new markets like healthcare and legal, which, let's be frank, were terrible markets for software before this.”
Rory O'Driscoll Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 2:58 Software Isn't Dead. It's Gotten Harder with Scale Venture Partners' Rory O'Driscoll
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