what smaller startups (employees < 50) are people working for and loving it?
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Many here aren't fans of small new start ups, so the answers will be interesting to see. ๐๐ฟ
For good reasons, most of them are usually crap and all it takes is a round of funding for your manager to go from bright smile sunny hero to miserable overbearing micromanager. I wish I had known earlier to avoid startups.
Not going to tell you the name of my company but we're small <50 but likely will be >50 in a couple of months. Company been around for 5 years or so and been bootstrapped from the beginning.
I love it. Most successful point in my career. I'll likely double my OTE by the end of the year.
I love it. Most successful point in my career. I'll likely double my OTE by the end of the year.
mind telling the industry?
Legal. It's a bitch and a half to figure out and it's almost all relationship based so until you know a few respected people in the space, it's a grind.
I work for a start-up and it has been my biggest passion, up until the past 1-2 years. We were purchased by a capital venture firm that aligns with our culture 0%. Turnover has been rampant. Unfavorable changes to pricing and terms have made our customers disgusted with us- rightfully so, as we changed outside of contract renewals and during Covid. I tried to block it out, but the business is pushing away customers.. ultimately diminishing my commission. Itโs toxic. I still have a place in my heart for start-ups, but you never know who youโll be working for in the end. Just hope leadership finds a good fit when the time comes.
Joined a brand new startup about a month ago. <25 people. Early seed round. Left a massive global firm.
Itโs a clusterfuck, and I love it.
Itโs a clusterfuck, and I love it.
With less than 50-100 people, we're going to dox ourselves if we name our employer.
I work for a company that has been around for ~15 years, was bootstrapped, but now recently has major funding and is experiencing serious growth. It's a fucking blast. I'm not a number, can see where I'm making an impact, and leadership actually cares about my input into some areas.
I find the "established startup" to be a better world than the brand new startup. They've proven their worth, have established processes, and at the 50(ish) size have enough resources to power a sales team. It depends a lot on where leadership focused time and money, but this has been my experience in the last 3 "startups" I've been a part of.
I work for a company that has been around for ~15 years, was bootstrapped, but now recently has major funding and is experiencing serious growth. It's a fucking blast. I'm not a number, can see where I'm making an impact, and leadership actually cares about my input into some areas.
I find the "established startup" to be a better world than the brand new startup. They've proven their worth, have established processes, and at the 50(ish) size have enough resources to power a sales team. It depends a lot on where leadership focused time and money, but this has been my experience in the last 3 "startups" I've been a part of.
Nooks seems to be popping a bit.
interesting question. I would really like to see if anyone answers this haha.
Since this place is anonymous im sure ppl will have a hard time telling you where they work.
Since this place is anonymous im sure ppl will have a hard time telling you where they work.
True! I just havenโt heard as many people working at startups the past year compared to 5 years ago so Iโm interested to see if there are still some good, smaller companies out there.
What industry/location/tech are you looking for? That might help narrow it down.
Very narrow question and idk how people will really be able to answer this here.
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