> Pop Site: $17M start up
> 0 employees
> $0 funding. Founders own 100%
> Free site builder
> Supporting 8K businesses and freelancers
> Started 1 year ago
> 2 people who design/code it
> 3 industry leader advisors
> First paid contract signs $200K/mo B2B partner
> Obsidian: $350M company
> 9 employees
> 3 engineers
> revenue per employee: ~$2,800,000/year
> for comparison:
> Goldman Sachs: $600,000
> Apple: $500,000
> Google: $300,000
> the 9th employee is a cat named Sandy
> Sandy contributes $0 in revenue
> Sandy is still outperforming your entire org chart
No all-hands meetings. No performance reviews. Just three engineers and a cat who doesn't care about your roadmap.