BetterCommerce splits its 100 employees evenly between product and services
Vikram Saxena · Golf at 5:30am in the Dark Changed Everything About How He Runs His Company · Mar 22, 2024 · at 18:35
Vikram Saxena, founder and CEO of BetterCommerce, describes the headcount split across his product and services business divisions.
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“Our product company is about 50 people and our services business is another 50 people that works for a large business separately and on its own.”
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