Tom Tunguz
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
In fact, this data bolsters the notion that management team’s top priority is recruiting, especially after the business has reached product market fit and capitalized itself well. Above, I’ve charted the headcount growth rate for 10 of the fastest growing software companies in recent history. They start around 25 people.
SaaStr
MAY 31, 2023
AWS is seeing this, and so is Snowflake. Everyone is basically doing more with not much more headcount (see next point). #4. Growing Headcount, But Much More Slowly That Revenue. Headcount is up 29% year-over-year, but revenue is up 50%. They see the data in real time in terms of usage. Not none, just less.
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SaaStr
APRIL 3, 2021
DigitalOcean is growing more slowly than its mega competitors Azure, AWS, etc. Yes, you may have to make some educated guesses and get some data from unusual sources. If nothing else, you can pretty reliability track headcount growth on LinkedIn). That’s a big, big gap. More here. #2. Are we gaining share — or not?
Clouded Judgement
MARCH 22, 2024
This is why the consumption players (Snowflake, Mongo, Confluent, Azure, AWS, etc) so more variability in the macro slowdown. Headcount planning, budgeting, fundraising, etc can often be largely based on a top line plan. .” Let’s look at consumption revenue - this is also not technically recurring! Do you have ARR or ERR?
Clouded Judgement
MARCH 31, 2023
The majority of COGS (revenue less COGS = gross profit) fall in hosting costs (ie AWS), and some customer support. If we believe that AI will ultimately allow us to do “more with less,” we may see headcount growth slow for traditional roles. Or hire less data engineers but write more SQL queries. The list goes on.
Clouded Judgement
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Tabular is a compelling data lakehouse solution, meaning it brings data warehouse functionality (SQL semantics + ease of use) to the data lake (cost-efficient and scalable). If you want your data platform to run like those at Netflix, Salesforce, Stripe, AirBNB and many others (i.e. Let's dive in.
Intercom, Inc.
AUGUST 30, 2022
This is especially important for small teams, where you need to operate at a scale far beyond your headcount (without burning out your team by working around the clock). With the right integrations, you can automate workflows, share data between tools to keep things up to date, and create clearer, more efficient processes.
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