[HN Gopher] Why do startups hire so many people?
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       Why do startups hire so many people?
        
       Author : amerf1
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2022-01-28 21:27 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | don-code wrote:
       | While I get and agree with the spirit of the answer, there's one
       | major piece I take issue with:
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       | > Well, what kinds of people work for 1% of a post-A startup?
       | Average people (and below).
       | 
       | The people hired in the A round have no doubt been selected,
       | _and_ self-selected a startup, for their ability to work at the
       | mentioned 20x force multiplier. A 100-person company (let's call
       | that late series B) is running, using the article's own numbers,
       | at a 2-4x force multiplier, and a C-or-later startup with 200 or
       | more people is running at perhaps even a 1.5x force multiplier.
       | 
       | Yes, there will be individuals who bring the force multiplier up,
       | and individuals who bring the force multiplier down, but
       | ultimately, the people in the organization are _above_ average if
       | the organization's force multiplier is greater than one.
       | 
       | Also considering that founding engineers are sometimes some of
       | the first to leave (especially as non-startup culture becomes
       | entrenched), we can't as easily argue that the original 20x
       | engineers are carrying the (0<n<1)x engineers.
        
       | fouc wrote:
       | Seems like the answer mainly boils down to: because of VC funding
        
       | katzgrau wrote:
       | As someone who bootstrapped, every now and then I'm happy I
       | wasn't smart/convincing/well-networked/on-to-something-hot enough
       | to raise a round (lord knows I tried).
       | 
       | Because I had no money, I had to make money and then hire slowly.
       | 10 years in and 10 employees later, I know this venture would
       | have been over long ago if I landed that lead investor.
        
         | civilized wrote:
         | So apparently you weren't forced into hypergrowth by VCs in the
         | way this article says you would be? Why not?
        
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