Ask PG: How many jobs have YC companies created in total?

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by flavio87 • 14 years ago

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pg2• 14 years ago

We don't know for sure because we don't track such things, but I'd guess they have around 1000 employees total, not including the founders.

If you include jobs created indirectly, the number might be higher. And of course there are lots of people who make most of their money using Airbnb, although that is not a formal job. There may also have been jobs eliminated, if a startup's new technology makes it possible to do the same work with fewer people.

This stuff is hard to measure.

ig12• 14 years ago

Going by linkedin employee count the ten biggest YC companies have 1500 employees between them (heavily dominated by 845 at Airbnb).

Doing a back of the envelope estimate based upon some sampling, companies 10-50 have about 500 combined, and the long tail is probably another 500 (inclusive of founders).

pg2• 14 years ago

Thanks, I didn't realize that info was in LinkedIn. I was trying to be conservative, but looks like I overdid it.

Does LinkedIn know how many employees every company has? Where do they get that information?

andrewhyde• 14 years ago

TechStars puts up their data here: http://www.techstars.com/companies/stats/

Currently the number is 990, which doesn't include employees of TechStars.

Ask PG: How many jobs have YC companies created in total?

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