Asthana: Postman has 60+ employees across Bangalore and San Francisco
Abhinav Asthana · 1295 They Passed $700k in MRR Heling Developers Launch API's Faster · Feb 9, 2019 · at 12:03
Abhinav Asthana, founder and CEO of Postman, breaks down the company's team size and geographic distribution.
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“We are a team of about 60 plus people now distributed across San Francisco and Bangalore. We have about 50 people in Bangalore, the rest being in San Francisco.”
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