The Latest From SaaStr: VCs That Say “No” Now Really Might Say “Yes” Later. Here’s Why.

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By Jason Lemkin · Saturday, May 29, 2021
 
     
 

Q:  What three things would take a VC from ‘maybe’ to ‘yes’? A true maybe — nothing. As the other answers have noted. A typical VC meets 100-300 start-ups a...
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By Jason Lemkin · Friday, May 28, 2021
 
     
 

Vimeo is certainly an interesting web service, and we’re excited to have CEO Anjali Sud presenting at 2021 SaaStr Annual Sep 27-29 in SF Bay Area! Vimeo started off 16...
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By Jason Lemkin · Friday, May 28, 2021
 
     
 

Q:  How do low times look like in startups? Lower than they really are. It’s not that they aren’t low. It’s just, in the early days, there’s so little cash,...
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By Jason Lemkin · Friday, May 28, 2021
 
     
 

Should you join that Successful SaaS start-up? The one that just raised a nice seed round, that has $20k in MRR, and a cool product? Maybe. The key is understanding if...
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By Jason Lemkin · Friday, May 28, 2021
 
     
 

Q: What is the best way to prove you can be a great venture capitalist? My learnings here are that it’s hard b/c every proxy has its issues. Basically, you...
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By Jason Lemkin · Thursday, May 27, 2021
 
     
 

We’ve put together all the incredible session from SaaStr Enterprise 2021 up on the Enterprise site here: Catch up on so many new favorites!!

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