Re:AWS’s Share of Amazon’s Profit
by kelnos on Monday June 15, 2020 @07:41PM
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I hear this a lot, but I rarely see any data or evidence to back this up.
The company I work for used to have most of its revenue come from VC-backed startups. Over time that changed as we courted more well-capitalized enterprises. If our VC-backed-startup customers all went bankrupt tomorrow, it would certainly hurt, but it wouldn't kill us, not by a long shot.
I would expect that to be even more true for a product like AWS, not less.
The company I work for used to have most of its revenue come from VC-backed startups. Over time that changed as we courted more well-capitalized enterprises. If our VC-backed-startup customers all went bankrupt tomorrow, it would certainly hurt, but it wouldn't kill us, not by a long shot.
I would expect that to be even more true for a product like AWS, not less.