The Tailwinds of SaaS

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We're talking about tailwinds on top of trillion dollars of spend. Our job as investors is to seek out the folks that are surfing these ways because it's an awesome force. When it slows down, that's when we should panic a bit. Eventually, all the money that's going to be spent in cloud each year, absent growth in GDP will happen. At some point, it will normalize as x percent of our economy, but we're not close to that yet.

Jason and Molly chat with Jason Lemkin of SaaStr (01:44). They discuss: advice for new VCs (16:14), the future of SaaS investing (27:37), playing offense as investors (35:50), secondaries and more.

(00:00) Jason and Molly tee up today’s interview show
(01:44) Jason and Molly speak with Jason Lemkin of SaaStr
(14:59) Notion - Get started for free at https://notion.com/thisweekinstartups
(16:14) Jason Lemkin’s advice for new fund managers
(26:16) Microacquire - Sell your business with no fees at https://try.microacquire.com/twist
(27:37) Will SaaS investments continue to be good?
(32:44) What makes Notion so good?
(34:44) AdQuick - Visit https://adquick.com/twist and mention TWIST to get $1000 off your first campaign.
(35:50) What does it mean to play offense? Why should you be playing offense now if you have the runway?
(39:35) Jason Lemkin’s predictions for the next year & advice for capital allocators/investors
(52:25) Are founder secondary sales a red flag?
(1:01:20) Strategies for investors in a down market

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