Running a dev shop — part 5: Growth | by Marek Kirejczyk | Medium

This is the fifth and the last part of a series on running a dev shop. See the overview of the posts below. 🎮 Part 1: Myths and favorable facts 🥾 Part 2: Bootstrapping and specialization 🎤 Part 3: Talent pipeline and employee lifecycle 📣 Part 4: Attracting customers 📈 Part 5: Growth So far, the series has discussed how to bootstrap a dev house and the need for specializing as well as the key strategic aspects of running a company, consisting of hiring and attracting customers. There is still one more missing piece of the puzzle: the structure and its evolution over time as the company grows. One could expect that the bigger the company and the headcount — the higher the profit. Therefore, oftentimes it comes as a surprise that there is a non-linear relation between the revenue per employee and the company size. As the headcount increases, the revenue per employee swings between local minimums and maximums. And so, the margin of the company will follow. The company’s profit in rela

This is the fifth and the last part of a series on running a dev shop. See the overview of the posts below. 🎮 Part 1: Myths and favorable facts 🥾 Part 2: Bootstrapping and specialization 🎤 Part 3: Talent pipeline and employee lifecycle 📣 Part 4: Attracting customers 📈 Part 5: Growth So far, the series has discussed how to bootstrap a dev house and the need for specializing as well as the key strategic aspects of running a company, consisting of hiring and attracting customers. There is still one more missing piece of the puzzle: the structure and its evolution over time as the company gro