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> Now we've got some HR staff, maybe a recruiter or two, finance team, people underneath the UX, editorial, data science and BD teams (let's generously assume 1
by mbesto 10y ago
> Now we've got some HR staff, maybe a recruiter or two, finance team, people underneath the UX, editorial, data science and BD teams (let's generously assume 1-2 hires each), and we're over 40 people easily. We haven't even discussed marketing, a DBA, ops, or IT support.
All which presumably can be filled by pre-existing Twitter people. In the M&A world these are called "synergies".
- timcederman 10y agoDepends on how they're running the company. Post-acquisition at my last startup it was much easier to keep our startup intact within the larger company. Regardless, the point is whether 50 people is reasonable to run something like Vine.