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Re:WeWork sells Meetup by bko on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:34PM (#22731438)
Honest question: what are the issues that a company like meetup faces that would require a large team or significant funding?
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Re:WeWork sells Meetup by viraptor on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:53PM (#22731641)
Translations, international money handling, local market research / contacts, SEO, marketing/ads/visibility, ...

I don't think any of those teams will be huge, but I expect it adds up. Just those listed ones are probably 20+ people, so add some management layer as well.

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Re:WeWork sells Meetup by umeshunni on Monday March 30, 2020 @04:43PM (#22732112)
Everything you said + content moderation, dealing with policy/harassment etc. Anytime you’re allowing end users to create content on your platform or use your service to interact with other people, you have to deal with all the policy and icky people stuff.
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Re:WeWork sells Meetup by viraptor on Monday March 30, 2020 @05:47PM (#22732574)
Just remembered, once you have income and presence in multiple countries you also need an accounting/legal team which can deal with that.
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