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Chamarti Sreekar

Stealth • 21h

It took 11 years for Telegram to become profitable. The platform has 950 million monthly active users, including 12 million paying subscribers who contribute to its revenue through a $5/month. They have a team of just 30 engineers managing the infrastructure & development.

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Anonymous 3

Stealth • 16h

With 12 million paying users, Telegram proves that a niche, value-driven subscription model can be sustainable but dont they have like 1b users? 12 mil is jsut 1.2% of the total users na? Isn't that a bad thing for like 11 year old company?

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Anonymous 2

Stealth • 18h

Of course, long-term vision pays off always

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Anonymous 1

Stealth • 19h

This is why you should build with profit in mind because how does it take 11 years to become profitable with a team size of jsut 30 people bro?

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