Another way of saying same. If employees are in your future, focus on revenue per employee (RPE). Napkin math: sub-$100k RPE and your wee company is nominally

Another way of saying same. If employees are in your future, focus on revenue per employee (RPE). Napkin math: sub-$100k RPE and your wee company is nominally profitable after salaries, fixed & variable costs. Greater than $100k per employee, profits scale nicely. While nice to talk about the Goog's RPE ($1 mil '08), I prefer to "fish" for company ideas a little closer to Earth. For inspiration, Inc 5000 companies with 50 or fewer employees, sorted by revenue: http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2009/search_results.html?showrank=on&b_rank=1&e_rank=5000&showstate=on&state=all&showname=on&name=Company+Name&showgrowth=on&b_growth=20&e_growth=316000&region=all&industry=all&showrevenue=on&b_revenue=1000000&e_revenue=6000000000&showyear=on&b_year=2009&e_year=2009&showemployees=on&b_employees=1&e_employees=50&showfounded=on&b_founded=1790&e_founded=2004&submit=Filter+the+List&sort=revenue&order=DESC http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2009/search_results.html?showrank...