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Notion avoided hiring product ops and researchers early on via feedback automation
“We didn't have to hire as many support people. We did not have to hire a product ops person, and we also did not have research early days. In fact, all of these were given to the engineer directly to be able to tap into that feedback and actually solve that pr…”
Kothari: Notion holds more cash than its total funds raised
“There's more cash in Notions Bank today than the history of its race. So it's like, in some ways, like, we've produced cash. We haven't spent any of it.”
Kothari: Notion reached $100 million in ARR around 2022
“So Notion got to about a hundred million in ARR a couple of years ago”
Nottebohm: Only 15% of SaaS companies sustain 60% growth past $100M ARR
“Only 15% of those companies who are growing at over 60% as they reach a hundred million ARR Are able to maintain that growth.”
Notion CEO Ivan Zhao still personally interviews every candidate hired
“Ivan still interviews everyone, which I deeply, deeply respect.”
Kothari: Notion raised $270M at a $10B valuation in late 2021
“We raised around two hundred and seventy million at ten billion.”
Kothari: Notion raised $50M at $2B valuation in early 2020
“So we did we raised fifty million at two billion at the start of COVID like pretty much like a couple of weeks into COVID in 20, 20, 20, 20.”
Kothari: Most Of Notion Was Built By Just Three Engineers
“When I joined, I think a lot of Notion that you and I play with today was built by just three engineers on the team.”
Notion expanded its template gallery from 500 to over 4,500 templates
“Well, just last week, my growth team at Notion launched a template gallery, relaunched our template gallery, and released more than 4500 new templates for what you can do on Notion. This is a pretty big change for us. We had only about 500 before the launch, a…”