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Ask HN: What are the most valuable companies with the lowest headcounts?
- Jugurtha 5y agoNot an answer, but I've never grown fond of the word "headcount".
- jstx1 5y agoTether have 22 employees and "support" assets worth $68 billion.
- qeternity 5y ago“assets”
- tldrthelaw 5y ago"worth"
- Shatnerz 5y agoThey support the assets, but they don't control all the Tether in the world and they, the company/people, definitely aren't valued at $68 billion.
- przeor 5y agothey have blacklist function on their smart contract so basically they control in terms of blocking the supply they print on other people crypto wallets
- akudha 5y agoWhatsApp famously had just three dozen engineers managing their massive service when they sold to FB. I remember listening to an interview of one of the early employees who credited a big part of their success to BEAM
- uyt 5y agoRentech?
- mgl 5y agoBasecamp, about 60 people https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/30/basecamp-employees-quit-ceo-letter/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/30/basecamp-employees-quit-ce...
- muzani 5y agoAccording to the linked article, it seems like it would be 40.
- Shatnerz 5y agoLooking at games, Minecraft (before being sold) and Terraria would be up there. WhatsApp is probably the best example from recent history. You also have private companies like You Need A Budget (YNAB) which are highly successful, but fairly static and not targeting hyper growth.