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Heard an interesting comment that 50% of the people who are at MVP($0 revenue) to 1M revenue, from 1M to 5M, from 5M to 20M revenue, 20M to 50M and 50m to 100M will need replacement or needs augmentation in the company.

Interesting comment and now that I think about it, I had observed something similar in the startup I am employed at (although not at 50% but I have seen as the revenue grows in few areas people constantly gets replaced or consultants gets replaced by motivated and sharp employees).

another intersting observation I saw was at how to figure out revenue of a competitor http://saastr.quora.com/How-to-Figure-Out-Your-Competitors%E2%80%99-Revenues-in-About-70-Seconds  this one was almost accurate.

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