When Github first started, it became immediately profitable because they had paid plans from the get go and they weren't dealing with that much data at first. T

When Github first started, it became immediately profitable because they had paid plans from the get go and they weren't dealing with that much data at first. They didn't have pull requests or issues or anything like that at the start, it was just a push/pull remote server with a web viewer. After that, they grew enough to keep up with growth in the company and features until they got the Andreseen investment and threw growth into overdrive.