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They're proxies, yes. Headcount is an easier number to come by because companies (misguidedly?) think that "we quadrupled our headcount in the last 12 months!"
by philsnow 7y ago
They're proxies, yes. Headcount is an easier number to come by because companies (misguidedly?) think that "we quadrupled our headcount in the last 12 months!" is something to brag about, so they're more public with these numbers than with revenue / cost numbers.
Yeah if you're okay playing game of thrones and don't particularly care that the company you work at might not be serving a viable market, headcount is a good metric to go by.
- camwoodsum 7y agoHey guys! Cam here (the creator of the product). Thanks for taking the time to check out this list and for commenting about it :). Revenue growth and profit growth would be awesome metrics to have but those aren't publicly available for most of the companies on the list. I think employee growth is the best objective metric because it captures fundraising and/or profit growth in one combined metric (because companies that are hiring either raised money, are making money, or perhaps aren't good at running their business). This is really just a starter metric to compare thousands of companies to each other but obviously if you were going to join one of these companies you would want to do much deeper due diligence.