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While not as tiny, Craigslist has a huge user base all over the world and still has less than 50 employees total (not just devs). IMO it's the poster child of b
by insane_dreamer 2y ago
While not as tiny, Craigslist has a huge user base all over the world and still has less than 50 employees total (not just devs). IMO it's the poster child of being able to scale worldwide while keeping the product highly focused, highly operational, and avoiding feature and technical fluff.
- vanviegen 2y agoFrom what I can tell, craigslist is not really a player outside of the US. Just about every country seems you have its own 'craigslist'.
- dowager_dan99 2y agoreally even regionally. In Canada i've seen geo popularity across Kijiji, Craigs List, FB Marketplace, domain-specific communities with markets
- insane_dreamer 2y agoWhile it's true that most countries have their homegrown version by now, I've used Craigslist myself in other countries, and it does have enough of a presence that it's actually maintained in over 50 countries which is no small feat.
- input_sh 2y agoI just checked the Croatian version and it has a total of 5 things listed for sale and 3 jobs. Needless to say, there's a far more popular local alternative that basically every person in Croatia knows about (njuskalo.hr).
- nolito 2y agoWell, they are present in Denmark. I only managed to find a single item - an expensive apartment. In Denmark the place to go is dba.dk or facebook marketplace. Checking the portugese version - its 3 items in Lisbon.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoAnother interesting point is that Craigslist has $10-20M revenue / employee (depending on the numbers you read), compared with Apple at $2M/employee (maybe nVidia has more these days, but not consistently) And it has a founder who gives away most of his money instead of joining the monetize-everything-billionaire-$$hole club (No affiliation with Craigslist; just like Craig's story, much like I do Nadia's).