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by andruby 632 days ago
> 2 developers, a PM, 20-30 content writers and $5B ARR

Please tell me that these 30 people weren't the full company generating $5B in annually recurring revenue?

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No we had an army of call center folks, case managers, etc. But given the nature of the business there is no sales, only marketing generating revenue.

Basically, no our marketing team didn't turn the coal into diamonds, but obtaining the coal was our team's primary function and 100% our output. We spent several hundred million annually on advertising (roughly the GDP of Tonga!).