Founder of SaaStr and the SaaStr Fund, prolific on SaaS fundraising norms.
Lemkin's blunt list of first-founder mistakes, the fundraising ones foremost: assuming the next round is guaranteed, burning to a plan that requires it, and wasting months pitching the wrong investors.
Jason Lemkin's fundraising workshop on what it takes to get funded now: real conversion rates from pitch to check, and what SaaS metrics clear the bar.
Jason Lemkin and Founders Fund's Sam Blond on raising in the late-2022 downturn: what changed in diligence, pricing, and which companies could still raise.
Lemkin dissects a real cold email he received: an interesting startup near $2M ARR with no funding that killed its own chances by asking for an oversized round. He explains how ask size instantly reprices the deal in an investor's head.