SuperCell: Reportedly being valued at 11b, only employs 340 people (per their site) = a valuation of ~ 11b,only employs 340people (pertheirsite) = a valuation of 32M per employee
WhatsApp: 55 employees for $22B
Among Us: 500M monthly active users and only 4 employees
Minecraft: 100M profits. Acquired by Microsoft for $2.5B when it had 40 employees
FTX: 30B, 30 engineers
The principles of small teams
One leader
3-8 people is ideal
One pholosophy: spirit and approach to work should be exactly the same
Aggressively transparent: notes shared in GitHub for the entire company to see
Move fast, fire faster (a small team may realize they no longer need someone)