4 ms·
>It's inaccurate to characterize them as a "tiny startup." YouTube had 65 employees when they were acquired. I do agree that they were not a startup. This wor
by athms 6y ago
>It's inaccurate to characterize them as a "tiny startup."
YouTube had 65 employees when they were acquired.
I do agree that they were not a startup. This word should only be used for companies that are starting up; getting their legal structure together, hiring, and initial R&D. Once you are offering widgets (ad space), you are no longer a startup. Profitability is immaterial to startup status.
- Judgmentality 6y agoWhy does the number of employees matter? If anything that's a testament to how valuable they were, to be able to do so much with so little.
- athms 6y agoIt doesn't. My comment was about the word tiny" and 65 is tiny especially when compared to Google.
- romanoderoma 6y agoWhatsApp had 55 employees before FB acquisition
- ulfw 6y agoAnd Instagram had like what... 8? Not every company that's successful and has millions of users needs to have a bloated org