[earl]

Depending on what you mean by analysis, plenty of startups have them, including two I've worked for. No names here because apparently every word I say represents all employers, past, present, and future : rolleyes :

Nonetheless, in slightly larger -- 30-40+ people -- startups, there is often a need for someone who is good with sql or whatever datastore you have, who can make reports. That sounds a little bland, but it can range from asking and answering questions like how effective is our SEO or SEM, what advertising is giving us the best response, predicting churn rates for customers, etc. Good luck.

If you want to talk to the analyst at my current employer, hit me up over email. She's not a personal friend, though, so I can't promise anything but an intro.