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Why does a simple site like this need more than even 5 employees?
by r0fl 3y ago
Why does a simple site like this need more than even 5 employees?
- DoesntMatter22 3y agoTrying to become a unicorn when you are a miniature horse
- dasil003 3y agoYou can do it tiny horse! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEA2lEXou8A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEA2lEXou8A
- yieldcrv 3y agoI mean Instagram’s purchase for a billion was when it had 13 employees from what I can tell, a lot of people hire for the sake of hiring, like a local politician might boast about jobs for the sake of jobs, and people kind of have that ingrained mentality, like they can be a part of that “a job creator” and hope to court people that appreciate that, like old growth capital firms that need to see headcount as rationale for more capital
- testfoobar 3y agoIn earlier web days, sites with niche targets such as Product Hunt were labors of love. I personally knew of a site with ~250K users and extensive community engagement - all funded with advertising contracts. It was run by two guys. Only one of them full time.
- minimaxir 3y agoProduct Hunt tried to pivot multiple times years ago when it was evident that just being an aggregator alone won't have a positive ROI.