Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Our competitors are 10 - 1000 times larger than us. Doesn't help us in any way for them to know our size.

And the couple of customers that know our size have indicated it's better to appear large. For example, you wouldn't switch a company from using Microsoft Exchange to something else if that something else was run by a couple of guys. Our company would be in very deep trouble if something happened to me. To balance that, customers get updates and fixes very fast because they work with such a small company.



> Doesn't help us in any way for them to know our size.

I'm curious as to what you tell a potential customer if they just ask you directly how big your company is? "It's mostly just me..."? Do you just hope that they don't ask that question?


I guess there are probably several issues involved, including the "no one got fired for buying IBM" problem.




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2026 batch! Applications are open till July 27.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: