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Rob Walling

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Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

It's Hot Take Tuesday time again, and I'm welcoming my usual band of misfits.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

So Tracy Osborne, what do you do at MicroConf Tiny Seed?

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

It doesn't come out in the rest of the podcast.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

So what do you actually, what do you mean head of product?

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

What do you do?

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

And my other panelist is Mr. It sounds like you're being announced at a Giants game.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

Very nice.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

And Discretion Capital is a boutique M&A firm that advises SaaS founders from what, 2 million to 20, 25 million ARR.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

And you advise them on the sell side if they're looking to sell.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

Speaking of that, you and your team have put together a guide, the definitive guide to M&A for B2B SaaS.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

It is at discretioncapital.com slash guide.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

You want to give us just a brief summary of what's included?

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

Yeah, that 70% of B2B SaaS acquisitions in this range are private equity.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

That's discretioncapital.com slash guide.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

And by the time this episode goes live, I believe you have at least five, maybe six chapters of that will be live because this is a few weeks out.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

Speaking of that, I actually wanted to ask you a question up front.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

And it's in relation to this very podcast, episode 819, where I was asked about QSBS.

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

And someone was saying, should we become a C Corp?

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

And I was like, obviously, I can't give you advice, but

Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 823 | Hot Take Tuesday: Is A.I. Killing B2B SaaS?, ChatGPT Ads, OpenClaw

Here's what I would do.