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J. Bryan Scott
Personal blog · jbryanscott.com · on HN as jbryanscottbusinesseconomics
J. Bryan Scott writes JBS, a personal blog at jbryanscott.com about business and economics. Since 2008, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “NASDAQ-100 Revenue per Employee”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for back-of-envelope estimates of company revenue, including revenue per employee for NASDAQ-100 companies. One commenter disputes its estimation formula.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Blog of J. Bryan Scott (JBS)
Most-linked posts?
- NASDAQ-100 Revenue per Employee4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2009-02-07
What Hacker News says?
I assume this is why revenue per employee is an important measure of company productivity/health? NASDAQ 100 Revenue per Employee http://www.jbryanscott.com/2009/02/07/nasdaq-100-revenue-per...
Comment linking /2009/02/07/nasdaq-100-revenue-per-employee/
on “A Physicist Solves the City ”Submitted NASDAQ-100 Revenue per Employee as a story · 6 points
HN discussion37signals has a related post: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2283-ranking-tech-companies-b... I have not checked their figures but in the case of these companies, the proposed 100K formula is mostly way off the mark. As for NASDAQ-100 companies, the following chart is very informative: http://www.jbryanscott.com/2009/02/07/nasdaq-100-revenue-per...
Comment linking /2009/02/07/nasdaq-100-revenue-per-employee/
on “Back of the Envelope: How to Estimate the Annual Revenues of Any Private Company”Submitted My Notes at the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI use revenue per employee as a rough guide to the type of company in question (is it human-based or tech/marketing-based? is it a startup or an established business?). It's simple to calculate, and revenue is usually less sensitive information than net income per employee (so easier to get for non-public companies). My feeling is that for the average (non-public, not particularly successful but OK, non-automated) c…
Comment linking /2009/02/07/nasdaq-100-revenue-per-employee/
on “Ask HN: Do you know any useful "Back of the Envelope Calculations"?”Submitted Plaxo’s Top Support Article: Delete My Account as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted OpenTable: A Killer Platform You’ve Never Heard Of as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Facebook Can Monetize Birthdays as a story · 4 points
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