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Sebastian Siemiatkowski

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2394 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

And it was a disaster.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

And it was a disaster.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

And they had it for a year.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

And they had it for a year.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

They tried to recruit.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

They tried to recruit.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

But obviously nobody in Silicon Valley knew what like TrueColor was.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

But obviously nobody in Silicon Valley knew what like TrueColor was.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

And they were already a pretty grown company.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

And they were already a pretty grown company.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

So they couldn't like attract as a startup in that sense.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

So they couldn't like attract as a startup in that sense.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

And they had a hard time recruiting and whatever.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

And they had a hard time recruiting and whatever.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

And they're just like, why are we doing this?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

And they're just like, why are we doing this?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

And then they shut it down.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

And then they shut it down.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

They lost a year on that.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World | What Revenue Multiple Will Software Companies Trade At? | From 7,000 to 3,000: We Need Less People Than Ever with Sebastian Siemiatkowski

They lost a year on that.