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How Twitter Can Work With Only 50 People (Elon’s Layoffs)

Using Cold Hard Math To Solve Business Problems

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Scott D. Clary
Nov 22, 2022
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Using Cold Hard Math To Solve Business Problems

When Elon bought Twitter they had 7500 employees.

He fired 50% of their workforce.

Another 1200 left after he told them he was going to make Twitter “Extremely Hardcore”.

Less than 2900 remain.

How can 2900 do the same job as 7500?

Price’s Law

Derek Price, a British physicist, historian and scientist discovered s…

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