Elijah

making data do things @deel

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

the function of your professional life is to find the most natural structure that allows you to turn the things you do as naturally as breathing or walking into compounding capital and joy over decades

this, necessarily, requires rotating quickly out of things that aren't it

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

Responsibility is an Honor.

True in your professional life -> responsibility over your team, your employees, your work & craft.

True in your personal life -> responsibilities with your spouse, family, or home.

The weak shirk it.
The strong embrace it as an honorable position.

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

Deel has raised $300M at a $17.3B valuation

We started about 6 years ago, struggling to even make $10K.

I've never shared this before because of how embarrassing our start was.

The story of how we went from $1K to $1B and the advice I'd give to my younger self:

[Elijah @Pocolocoelijah]

@mifhimself Nice to see you back on https://t.co/GQovbIFHBP

Yours truly,
Nighthawk

[Elijah @Pocolocoelijah]

@LBacaj Thanks! Excited to use it!

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

2024 was 🤯 @deel

🌎We're now the largest global, fully remote company in the world – with 4,500 team members in 104 countries
💰We sent $11+ billion to workers in 100+ currencies
🔨We shipped 1,100+ products updates

Thanks to our team and amazing customers - Let's go 2025!

[Elijah @Pocolocoelijah]

@TrevMcKendrick I also have a little api wrapper for when I'm working locally, that pushes the updated context to Claude with a hotkey, so I can work locally on my own machine and then ask Claude questions in the interface, without having to re upload context

[Elijah @Pocolocoelijah]

@TrevMcKendrick If I'm working in the context of a broader project, I make sure all of the work context is uploaded into a Claude project.

Makes it much quicker to ask questions / brainstorm without providing tons of context.

I also paste in a standard prompt into the context for my prefs

[» teej @teej_m]

As a data leader, you need to understand the "business equation" of your company.

Great companies map out their levers for growth. High-performance data teams have strong data models supporting these levers, and develop a deep, causal understanding of why they matter.

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

It's been over a year now that @deel's been profitable 🫶

Growth is critical, but doing it sustainably is the only way. It sets us up for years to come. More than ever, we are focused and investing on delivering the best experience to customers, workers, and partners worldwide. Excited for the last stretch of the year!

Thank you to our amazing customers, partners and teammates 🙏💙

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

🚢🚢🚢

[Kitten 🐈 @kitten_beloved]

One of my actually trad beliefs is that apprenticeships should make a comeback

And not just for plumbers and carpenters, for programmers and graphic designers and chip manufacturers

No reason capable 14 and 15 year olds shouldn't be learning a trade instead of going to school

[Elijah @Pocolocoelijah]

@VicVijayakumar @deel is fully remote and global, with 2000+ employees.

[Elijah @Pocolocoelijah]

🚀🚀🚀

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

Today, we’re launching @Deel’s biggest product ever. So we wanted to look back at 2022 where we learned & improved by helping the world’s biggest brands scale their global teams:
🚀 $57m -> $295m ARR
💸 EBITDA positive since Sept
📈 85%+ Gross Margin
🌎 $5B+ paid to 250k+ people

[Elijah @Pocolocoelijah]

@SullyBusiness if I were his age again, I would start building bounties on @Replit + summer internship. Great way to get practical experience + make some money

[Julian Shapiro @Julian]

Most people still don't know how to hire. I've messed up enough times to feel strongly about one thing now:

The best employees I've worked with are all very, very curious.

1/ Now I know how to find curious people and hire them:

[Joe Norman @normonics]

The male urge to cruise google maps in your local region to better internalize the road network