Venture Unlocked samir kaji (4/6) Our latest report, created in collaboration with Live Data Technologies, explores the factors driving this surge and provides proprietary data and actionable insights for investors and fund managers.

Rippling's latest hires signal their plans for an expansion in India. ~15% of the company's hiring* in 2024 has been in India and, the company is stacking its roster with top Indian HR and Recruiting pros. Last week, they hired Rekha Nair from Flipkart as Head of HR - India. In

See you all at #hrtechconf next week. Come visit at Booth 7730BV to get the latest data on your company, your competitors, and the people that matter most to your business.

Investor: "Saw Live Data on the CNN Saturday morning show" Me: *spends 15min actually watching the news* 🙌 Live Data Technologies

New data on the state of the product job market 🧵 1. Remote jobs are shrinking fast (down 35% from peak)

For much more, don't miss today's newsletter post. A big thank you to TrueUp and Live Data Technologies for sharing their data with me to make this deep dive possible. lennysnewsletter.com/p/state-of-the…

Where PMs are coming from when they are hired by the top ten tech companies.

Data courtesy of Live Data Technologies 🙏

(I'm working on this research in collaboration with Live Data Technologies)

Gergely Orosz The headcount data for the last year cc Live Data Technologies

How has the number of software engineers changed over the last year, the last five years: the last 25 years? I teamed up with Live Data Technologies and Jason Saltzman to find out. Here's how: A surprising find: the # of employed engineers dropped in 2023 - the first time since 2000!

The first graph was a little confusing! Here's a better visualization on how employed software engineer numbers changed over the last 25 years, as per the data set from Live Data Technologies:

Startups hiring founding software engineers: where are they most likely to come from? The most common one happens to be: Google! Data from Live Data Technologies and Jason Saltzman. More data and tips on how to hire from Big Tech to startups in today's deepdive: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/hiring-from-…

Not going to lie, this data was a little surprising. As many "complaints" shared by hiring managers on not great hires at startups were about ex-Googlers. My theory is this is because if it's an "ex Big Tech hire:" it's most likely an ex Google hire - as data shows:

If you put $100 in $NVDA 10 years ago, it'd be worth $297,000 today. Every overnight success is a decade in the making. (h/t Live Data Technologies)

Fascinating — MicroStrategy stock booms when it cuts down on staff. Headcount has shrunk this year as $MSTR climbed to $100 billion market cap. (h/t Live Data Technologies)

I've always wanted to know which companies create the best product managers. I finally have answers. I teamed up with Live Data Technologies to see which companies’ PM alumni go on to see: 1. The most promotions 2. The fastest immediate promotion 3. The fastest rise to leadership roles

Why Corporate Managers Are Being Shoved Out The Door In a surprising twist, the bumbling yet endearing Michael Scott of The Office may represent a dying breed in corporate America. As companies increasingly slash management roles, the era of hands-on bosses like Scott could

During the second half of 2024, U.S. employee departures from TikTok increased by 38% compared to the same time in 2023, according to figures from Live Data Technologies, an employment and job-change research provider. adweek.it/4gNAd9F

$STZ shedding staff!