Equity on Extra Crunch: Jason Lemkin on why now is the best time to start a SaaS company

Published: March 11, 2020, 3:55 p.m.

With the markets in turmoil and fear running rampant through the global economy, you might not think that it\u2019s a great time to start a company. According to at least one well-known venture capitalist, however, it\u2019s a great time to start up.\n\nTechCrunch recently caught up with former founder and active venture capitalist Jason Lemkin to chat about the world of software-as-service companies, better known by their acronym moniker \u201cSaaS.\u201d Lemkin swung by TC HQ in San Francisco to spend some time with the Equity crew to discuss all things SaaS, markets, and startups.\n\nLong-time Equity listeners will recall that this is not the first or even second time that we\u2019ve had Lemkin on. He was, after all, our first guest, and a repeat for Episode 100. But as it\u2019s Equity\u2019s third birthday, and his SaaStr conference was just around the corner (now postponed), we had Lemkin back to dig deep into one of our favorite startup categories.\n\nSo let\u2019s get nerdy about SaaS.