Comment by antonvs
16 hours ago
Completely agree. We have > $50m from our most recent funding round, and even a cloud expense of $50k/year (in our case for storage) is considered a high priority to address. If it was $300k, our CTO would be running around with a butane torch setting everyone’s hair on fire until the problem was resolved.
But, venture funding does create a lot of weird inefficiencies which vary from company to company.
But what is your income? How important it is to address should be compared to that and current profits too if any, and whether you have to be profitable right now.
First, I have to make a major correction: the cost I was thinking of is over $50k/month, not year, so over $600k/year. But it was still considered a big issue when it was at $300k, which wasn’t that long ago.
The reason it matters is (1) because it’s directly relevant to profitability projections, i.e. cost per customer, and (2) because management looks at those numbers and sees potential headcount.