Do you need a big team to be a successful startup? #capturehigh #entrepreneur #startup #founder #acquisition
You don’t need a big team to be successful. 🚀 Here's proof: 1) Instagram had 13 employees when Meta acquired them for $𝟏 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. 2) WhatsApp had 50 employees when Meta acquired them for $𝟏𝟗 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. 3) Minecraft had 40 employees when Microsoft acquired them for $𝟐.𝟓 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. 4) YouTube had 65 employees when Google acquired them for $𝟏.𝟔𝟓 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. 5) Oculus VR had 75 employees when Meta acquired them for $𝟐 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. 6) Waze had 100 employees when Google acquired them for $𝟏.𝟏 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. 7) Twitch was acquired by Amazon for $𝟗𝟕𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 with 100 employees. 8) Clubhouse reached a $𝟒 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 valuation with fewer than 20 employees. 9) Shazam had 250 employees when Apple acquired them for $𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. You don’t need a big team to be successful—just everyone rowing in the same direction. #startups #entrepreneurship ____ Enjoy this? Follow Kevin Jurovich for daily startup & VC insights and the occasional meme. ✌️