Thomas Hansen
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Spencer and I and our board are huge believers in the notion of having stage appropriate leaders that can not only operate the business as it is today, but also have the capabilities and the experiences and competencies to scale beyond where we are today. To go from say our current roughly $300 million of revenue to a billion dollars and beyond.
Then the second thing that comes to mind is thinking about scale relative to our customers. When Amplitude started out and when Spencer, Curtis and Jeffrey got the first company, you were talking about an event of volume in the millions. When we talk to large customers today, we talk about event volume with our very large customers in the trillions and trillions of events.
Then the second thing that comes to mind is thinking about scale relative to our customers. When Amplitude started out and when Spencer, Curtis and Jeffrey got the first company, you were talking about an event of volume in the millions. When we talk to large customers today, we talk about event volume with our very large customers in the trillions and trillions of events.
Then the second thing that comes to mind is thinking about scale relative to our customers. When Amplitude started out and when Spencer, Curtis and Jeffrey got the first company, you were talking about an event of volume in the millions. When we talk to large customers today, we talk about event volume with our very large customers in the trillions and trillions of events.
That, of course, means that as you move along from a product perspective, you've got to make sure that the product not only scales, but also performs at that scale. And that takes ongoing engineering investments.
That, of course, means that as you move along from a product perspective, you've got to make sure that the product not only scales, but also performs at that scale. And that takes ongoing engineering investments.
That, of course, means that as you move along from a product perspective, you've got to make sure that the product not only scales, but also performs at that scale. And that takes ongoing engineering investments.
And then you also got to make sure that you make the appropriate investments into ensuring that your cogs or your cost of goods sell are not scaling proportionally with the event volume or the volume of your customers, but are actually done in such a way that you can get to some real scale and production of cogs as you grow the business, right?
And then you also got to make sure that you make the appropriate investments into ensuring that your cogs or your cost of goods sell are not scaling proportionally with the event volume or the volume of your customers, but are actually done in such a way that you can get to some real scale and production of cogs as you grow the business, right?
And then you also got to make sure that you make the appropriate investments into ensuring that your cogs or your cost of goods sell are not scaling proportionally with the event volume or the volume of your customers, but are actually done in such a way that you can get to some real scale and production of cogs as you grow the business, right?
Those are probably some of the items that comes to mind as you talk about the word scale.
Those are probably some of the items that comes to mind as you talk about the word scale.
Those are probably some of the items that comes to mind as you talk about the word scale.
There's two things that comes to mind. In order of priority, our platform. So the platform we have today and the way we're able to offer a consolidated one pane of glass for our customers to serve all of that digital analytics needs. It's a one of a kind in the industry. I'm incredibly proud of the progress we made there. And then, of course, the second part that I'm proud of is the team we have.
There's two things that comes to mind. In order of priority, our platform. So the platform we have today and the way we're able to offer a consolidated one pane of glass for our customers to serve all of that digital analytics needs. It's a one of a kind in the industry. I'm incredibly proud of the progress we made there. And then, of course, the second part that I'm proud of is the team we have.
There's two things that comes to mind. In order of priority, our platform. So the platform we have today and the way we're able to offer a consolidated one pane of glass for our customers to serve all of that digital analytics needs. It's a one of a kind in the industry. I'm incredibly proud of the progress we made there. And then, of course, the second part that I'm proud of is the team we have.
So the team we have today is world-class, incredible leaders, incredible contributors based all over the world and working super collaboratively together. That stands out to me as the two highlights.
So the team we have today is world-class, incredible leaders, incredible contributors based all over the world and working super collaboratively together. That stands out to me as the two highlights.
So the team we have today is world-class, incredible leaders, incredible contributors based all over the world and working super collaboratively together. That stands out to me as the two highlights.
As a leader, me personally, I have a lot of conviction and courage. And very quickly, I'm able to express an opinion on a matter. And given the role I have, my opinion typically carries weight. And one of the things I keep on iterating with all of my colleagues, however senior or junior they may be, is let's have a conversation and let's discuss.