Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin on SaaS

Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin@jasonlk

A top trend I have noticed past 3 years: Startups are MUCH, MUCH worse at finance. Like, all of them. No proper finance or account until even after raising millions, even to $5m+ ARR. The issues are real and include:

511 likes41 repliesPosted Feb 15, 2019

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Opens with a short, self-contained line that is easy to take in at a glance.
Uses concrete numbers instead of vague claims, which makes it credible and quotable.
Follows a clear Hook → Context → Context → Landing shape, so the reader always knows where they are.
Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
The opening line stands alone, so it reads completely before the post is expanded.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.

The mechanics

Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Context → Context → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal, concrete, punchy
Mechanisms: Specificity
Written for: SaaS founders and operators

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