A short transcript of Jason Green (Emergence Capital) speaking at SaaStr, praising Jason Lemkin’s contributions to the SaaS community and describing the venture environment: that capital was abundant but market conditions are revealing which companies are strong. He notes his personal ties to Lemkin and the positive impact SaaStr has on the SaaS entrepreneur pipeline.
I'm Jason Green. I'm with Emergence Capital, and I'm here to support Saster and talk about the venture ecosystem of SaaS companies. Well, I think for a while, capital was free and people were raising capital and spending capital because it was relatively costless to do so. I think what we're realizing now, as Warren Buffett says, when the tide goes out, you realize who's swimming naked. I think what Jason Lemken has done in the last several years with SASTR is remarkable. As you know, I invested in Jason's company. I was on his board at EcoSign, and so there's a personal relationship there. I have a lot of loyalty to Jason. I think he has contributed to, you know, the fundamental and foundational knowledge of hundreds and maybe thousands of SaaS entrepreneurs out there, which, you know, feeds the pipeline for our business of great SaaS entrepreneurs to back. You know, I can't. I actually had no idea there was this much of a groundswell of interest in our sector. But it's very, very encouraging, inspiring to see the passion that he's able to achieve with so many people in this space. I think it really bodes well for the SaaS.
