Service Companies

topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes

the Y Combinator Startup Podcast We Live to Build No Priors

3 statements about Service Companies, every show

NO PRIORS Insight
Taubman: Labor-intensive service businesses keep only 20 cents per incremental revenue dollar
“In these industries that are very labor intensive, if you grow 20%, you might need to go hire another 20% people. And then you got first, you got to find them, you got to train them, then you have to manage them. And if you're already making a lot of money and…”
Alexander Taubman May 11, 2026 ▶ 20:18 Amex Global Business Travel: The World’s First AI Take Private with Long Lake CEO Alexander Taubman
Weisbrot: The Best Tech Companies Start as Service Businesses
“And I think the best companies that I've seen that I work with start as service companies.”
Sean Weisbrot Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 24:08 Why Raising $15M Made Him Want to Do Less, Not More
Y COMBINATOR Assertion Supported
Saez-Gil: Software company emissions average six tons per employee annually
“There is an estimation that, that, you know, for a company like that, It's about six tons per employee per year, the emission.”
Diego Saez-Gil Jan 28, 2020 ▶ 13:42 Diego Saez Gil - How Pachama Uses Tech to Solve Climate Change · Y Combinator

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