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id: "quote-procurement-warning"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["00:21:35"]
tags: ["procurement", "actionable"]
related: ["action-buy-compute-now", "claim-price-increases-inevitable"]
speaker: "Nate B. Jones"
speakers: ["Nate B. Jones"]
sources: ["s50-helium-48-days"]
sourceVaultSlug: "s50-helium-48-days"
originDay: 50
---
# Warning to IT Procurement

> "If you're an IT procurement person, this is your warning. You should be buying now. Because it's not going to get easier later in the year."

— [[entity-nate-b-jones]]

The most directly actionable line in the video. Anchors [[action-buy-compute-now]] and operationalizes [[claim-price-increases-inevitable]].