# Rory O’Driscoll

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You Can Fail, But Not Too Much with Rory O'Driscoll

Embark on a journey into the dynamic world of business and tech trends with Rory O’Driscoll, Partner at Scale Venture Partners. In today's rapidly-evolving business landscape, staying ahead of the curve requires more than just a crystal ball. It demands a deep understanding of the shifting tides, s…

Mastering Venture Capital and Founder Strategies with Rory O’Driscoll and Mark Suster

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Mastering Venture Capital and Founder Strategies with Rory O'Driscoll and Mark Suster

This Week in Startups is brought to you by… Northwest Registered Agent. Start your business fast and secure with Northwest Registered Agent! In just 10 clicks and 10 minutes, set up your entire business identity—name, address, mail service, phone, email, website, and domain. Everything You Need to…

The New SaaS Mendoza Line - Growth Expectations for a SaaS IPO

The SaaS Mendoza line highlights the slope of the long term growth rate that investors expect and operators should target on a path to IPO. Dave "CAC" Kellogg and Ray "Growth" Rike break down the updated expectations. Veteran software VC, Rory O’Driscoll of Scale Venture Partners proposed a theory …

How Scale Venture Partners Is Navigating the Shift From SaaS to AI

Scale Venture Partners shifts focus from SaaS to AI investment strategies. Founder Rory O’Driscoll notes that 80% of current deals include AI components, reflecting a significant change in their approach. O'Driscoll highlights the challenging environment for cloud computing investments, which he id…

20VC: Why Seed is for Suckers | a16z's $20BN Fund & Founders Fund's $4.6BN: What Makes Them So Good | Why Josh Kushner Is the Master of Venture Capital Strategy | Why Extended Private Markets Screw US Citizens with Jason Lemkin and Rory O'Driscoll

Jason Lemkin is one of the leading SaaS investors of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Algolia, Talkdesk, Owner, RevenueCat, Saleloft and more. Rory O'Driscoll is a General Partner @ Scale where he has led investments in category leaders such as Bill.com (BILL), Box (BOX), D…

Is Product-Market Fit Getting Harder to Keep?

Everyone loves talking about finding product-market fit. But what if the real challenge in 2025 is keeping it? In this solo episode, I riff on why PMF has become more fleeting than ever. I unpack what Harry Stebbings, Jason Lemkin and Rory O’Driscoll observed —companies that once had a five-year ru…

Inside the 2025 SaaS Benchmarks Report (with High Alpha)

Episode Breakdown Evolution of the SaaS Benchmarks Report: brief history and transition from OpenView to High Alpha “Operation AI”: AI’s move from feature to foundational infrastructure Market rebound in venture funding, driven by mega AI rounds In-person events and office-based teams: outperformi…

DDQ: Founders, Fraud & ‘Fake It Till You Make It’

This week on Swimming with Allocators, it’s time for another discuss, debate, and question (DDQ) episode as Earnest and Alexa riff on founders behaving badly and the cultural and governance failures enabling fraud-like behavior, then dive into how enterprises will actually adopt AI and what that me…

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Venture Bets Would Have Made Him $100 Billion Richer Had He Stayed Out Of Prison

Spend enough time on X these days and you may see a number of posts marveling at Sam Bankman-Fried’s venture “genius.” Had FTX not imploded, its founder might now be remembered as one of the greatest venture investors ever, they say. Anthropic, Cursor, Robinhood — these were just a few of the hund…