Jason Lemkin
speaker
26,931 appearances
51 recordings
3 series
first heard Aug 2022
last heard 2d ago
Jason Lemkin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 50 in all, peaking in May 2026 with 10.
Appearances
So this is just an inevit it was inevitable that at some point it would get done.
matched
I mean, Andrew Reid from Sequoia had a really cute tweet.
matched
It's like a little graphic of you know that picture of the the death with the sickle knocking on every door and it knocks on the Evernote door and then it knocks on the air table door.
matched
And then in this case it's knocking
matched
On the mirror door, and instead of a sickle, it has a bending spoon.
matched
Death comes for us all in Sassland, right?
matched
And it was exactly right.
matched
It was just an inevitable cleanup operation because it was just so far wrong in terms of pricing.
matched
And it was a good outcome for everyone.
matched
And I and I you kind of snidely said something about the late stage guys, but I'm gonna say something.
matched
The great thing about the late stage business is this: if your losers give you
matched
A 1x, then you'll die rich.
matched
So iconic, I think.
matched
Iconic had a ton of money in that deal.
matched
So that's a bad deal.
matched
A bad deal is when they get a 1x.
matched
You know, if you're playing the venture game and because you're playing late and your preference gives you 1x and everything, on the worst case outcome, by definition, I mean, just using simple math, the overall distribution is net positive.
matched
So it's a good outcome for everybody.
matched
It needed to happen.
matched
It's now part of a liquid asset.
matched
Showing 921–940 of 26,931 · page 47 of 1347
← Previous
Next →