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I doubt you have any idea how much 37s (or Fog Creek, for that matter) makes in top line revenue.

You're implying there's a chance they make enough to put them outside the realm of "relatively small". Are you suggesting either of them make many 10s or 100s of millions per year?

37s made 1.5MM on a job board, and 6 digits on an ebook ("getting real"). Would I be surprised if they had an 8-digit top line? No.

What's "relatively small"? Plenty of 100-person VC-funded companies never get that kind of revenue.

So, that's where we differ. I consider low 8 digit revenue to be "relatively small".

I made it a point not to base size on headcount, since I agree that's meaningless. I'm talking strictly about revenue.

Low 10's of millions ain't bad when you've only got a handful of people working for you.

I don't have a reference readily available, but I believe I heard/read recently that their revenues are in the $xx million/year (maybe $15M?).

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