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Kellblog Predictions for 2023

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But in 2009, with the founding of A16Z , came a new era of founder friendliness and along with it a founder invisibility cloak (or should I say invincibility cloak) whereby the presumption that the founder should run the company became nearly absolute. The founder friendliness pendulum : the invisibility cloak loses some power. Bankruptcy.

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Top 25 SaaStr Podcast Episodes from 2020

SaaStr

SaaStr 320: SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta on What It Was Like in 2008-2009 and What We Can Expect for 2020. SaaStr 328: SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Gorgias CEO Romain Lapeyre on What They’re Seeing with SMB E-commerce Customers. We’re obviously in a very unique situation today.

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