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why not just join profitable companies that are no longer startups? This is important, as people seem to forget that startup is a subset of small business and
by jmduke 13y ago
why not just join profitable companies that are no longer startups?
This is important, as people seem to forget that startup is a subset of small business and not vice versa. There are a lot of incredibly profitable businesses with head counts less than two dozen that don't optimize for growth. These are generally companies that have been around for longer than the majority of startups, which means you sacrifice youth for maturity.
(A lot of them aren't in Silicon Valley.)
- pchristensen 13y agoAlthough companies that aren't growing fast aren't hiring much, so those opportunities are harder to find.
- hayksaakian 13y agoHit the nail on the head A big way those companies stay profitable is by NOT hiring people.
- count 13y agoDepends on the company? We hire tens of thousands of people a year, and are ridiculously profitable.
- GregorStocks 13y agoCompanies which hire tens of thousands of people a year do not, in general, have less than two dozen employees.