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I remember stumbling across this site years ago, thought it was neat, and never thought about it again. There's definitely a lot of untapped potential here. Could be so much bigger with marketing and R&D. A browser extension for example.
Genuine question, outside of bragging rights, what advantage does this kind of PR have ? If you found a niche that no one else has turned into a race to the bottom yet, why would you want the world to know about it ? It's like Warren Buffet telling everyone what stocks he will be picking. Maybe if the startup was yet to gain traction, this would help get the word out. But from the sounds of it, it is already generati…
It’s an interesting read, and likely brings some marginally additional traffic to the site, so I don’t see any negative exposure here. Perhaps the founder is considering an exit?
With 0 employees who maintains the site/infra or adds features/datasets? Things aren't adding up in this article.
With 0 employees, why have the office with all the desks in the background in the picture at the top of the page. It’s pretty clear there are other people doing something , whether they are called “employees” or not.
I hate this paragraph. It doesn’t mention any domain names but also makes the assumption that com is the only one?
If anyone has a source that’s the founder saying this, please reply with a link.
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This tweet appears to be the source of the legend:
>> “BuiltWith is an amazing site that I use regularly. But it's also an amazing business. 1 fulltime employee. $14m a year in revenue. [...] Disclaimer: I do not know 100% if this is true.”
Source:
Genuine question, outside of bragging rights, what advantage does this kind of PR have ? If you found a niche that no one else has turned into a race to the bottom yet, why would you want the world to know about it ? It's like Warren Buffet telling everyone what stocks he will be picking. Maybe if the startup was yet to gain traction, this would help get the word out. But from the sounds of it, it is already generati…
No employees, except for some content writers. Soooooo.... They have employees?
With 0 employees who maintains the site/infra or adds features/datasets? Things aren't adding up in this article.
If they have no employees, why do they have 4 workstations and a conference room with a whiteboard?