Thanks for your helpful feedback Daniel. I agree that the estimate for 2015 (~50 FTEs) is too high. The reason why is that the simple model assumes that the number of FTEs is constant over time as soon as the organization is founded.
For example, the FTE value associated with Google DeepMind is 30 today and the company was founded in 2010 so the value back then is probably too high.
Perhaps a more realistic model would assume that the organization has 1 FTE when founded and linearly increases. Though this model would be inaccurate for organizations that grow rapidly and then plateau in size after being founded.
Thanks for your helpful feedback Daniel. I agree that the estimate for 2015 (~50 FTEs) is too high. The reason why is that the simple model assumes that the number of FTEs is constant over time as soon as the organization is founded.
For example, the FTE value associated with Google DeepMind is 30 today and the company was founded in 2010 so the value back then is probably too high.
Perhaps a more realistic model would assume that the organization has 1 FTE when founded and linearly increases. Though this model would be inaccurate for organizations that grow rapidly and then plateau in size after being founded.