Straight Answers
An LLM assessed 358 question → answer exchanges, the host's own answers included. Speaker names were hidden during assessment. Each exchange was marked answered, partly, redirected or not addressed, with a quote as its source. Every exchange below is timestamped and plays. How it works →
These readings are observational: the transcript shows whether the question was answered directly, whatever the reason. It is an AI reading of a public exchange, never a claim about intent, and the tape is one tap away on every row. full disclaimer →
Every one of the 328 people on the record is accounted for: 1 carry a full rate (8 or more assessed questions on raw tape), 63 more have their questions counted (11 of them with at least one not answered directly; too few raw questions for a fair percentage, edited feed included), and the remaining 264 never took a direct question in any tape we hold: compilations, panels and cameo appearances leave nothing to assess.
Jason Lemkin: every exchange, playable
The question Jason asked, then the AI assessment note from the answer. Tap to play the moment. Not addressed = the question was not engaged; redirected = acknowledged, then steered elsewhere.
“So the, yeah, we, we see a future where we can pull out more of the professional services either Automating into the platform or with partner programs, and I'm, I want to think about the timing of that. How long do we intentionally stay close to customers and embrace the professional services versus start to build those kind of programs?”
answered: “the question is if you have one of these businesses where services really enable the product”
“Hi. What about moving towards product-led growth and how do you balance your team while you're moving to product-led growth?”
answered: “I will answer a, a variant of what you're asking based on the conversation”
“Yeah, so what do you recommend, your top three recommendations to go faster?”
answered: “Next year I'll have concrete answers. I'm still learning, right?”
“And, yes, and who would be a great person to consult with on that specifically?”
answered: “I don't know. Um, I mean, a lot of the best SaaS investors”
“I don't think any of that stuff's true. Yeah.”
answered: “I don't think VCs care about the rule of 40 per se.”
“But like, Have you tried to do that with Parker?”
answered: “I've known him a little bit over the years. I'm being, I mean,”
“Okay. So what would you do if you were in my shoes?”
answered: “Let's step back for a minute. I've gotten the build or buy speech before.”
All speakers
All 1 people with 8 or more assessed questions on raw tape. Click a name to see their exchanges. highest rate none identified small samples
| Person | Not answered directly (%) | Redirected + not addressed | Questions | Argument clarity /5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Lemkin Founder & CEO, SaaStr | 16% | 7 | 45 | 3.9 |
Percentages come from raw unedited recordings only: produced podcast audio has tangents and stumbles cut in the edit, which moves the speaker up by about 12 percentile points. The small-sample counts include the produced feed. This is a reading of a transcript. It is not an accusation of dishonesty, and there are many good reasons not to answer a question directly (confidential numbers, unreleased products, someone else's news to break).