![Alex Rainey](https://cdn.feather.blog?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%3A%252F%252Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%252F98914fdb-78d4-41b2-8b2f-2231e8aa84bb%252Fb87c77b2-9e2b-4ed3-8c91-2e1ef032487a%252F1ggjuXtB_400x400.jpg%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D99dad5f9-bd51-4714-8986-71f6b241dcd1%26cache%3Dv2&optimizer=image&quality=80&width=280)
Alex is an experienced CTO and founder who largely focuses on all the technical areas of My AskAI, from AI Engineering, Technical Product Management and overall Platform Development.
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I'm convinced that revenue per employee will become the biggest flex for a successful startup.
- Investment raised 👎
- Vanity metric — proves you're good at fundraising
- Users 👎
- Vanity metric — no gauge of usage, retention, or monetisation
- Revenue 😐
- Better — but can be pumped up with inefficient sales people or paid marketing
- Revenue per employee 🙌
- Shows your leanness, that you're monetising efficiently, and prepped to expand profitability
AI is a perfect tool for companies to improve their revenue per employee.
- Not by replacing jobs with AI.
- But by replacing tasks — like 1st-line customer support — with AI.
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![Alex Rainey](https://cdn.feather.blog?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%3A%252F%252Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%252F98914fdb-78d4-41b2-8b2f-2231e8aa84bb%252Fb87c77b2-9e2b-4ed3-8c91-2e1ef032487a%252F1ggjuXtB_400x400.jpg%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D99dad5f9-bd51-4714-8986-71f6b241dcd1%26cache%3Dv2&optimizer=image&quality=80&width=280)
Alex is an experienced CTO and founder who largely focuses on all the technical areas of My AskAI, from AI Engineering, Technical Product Management and overall Platform Development.