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On 9 July 2012, [[Peter Levine (venture capitalist)|Peter Levine]], general partner at GitHub's investor [[Andreessen Horowitz]], stated that GitHub had been growing revenue at 300% annually since 2008 "profitably nearly the entire way".<ref>{{cite web |url = http://peter.a16z.com/2012/07/09/software-eats-software-development/ |title = Software Eats Software Development |date = 2012-07-09 |first = Peter |last = Levine | author-link = Peter Levine (venture capitalist) }}</ref>
GitHub, Inc. was originally a [[flat organization]] with no middle managers; in other words, "everyone is a manager" ([[Workers' self-management|self-management]]).<ref name="cto-mgmt-style">{{cite web|url=http://tomayko.com/writings/management-style|title=Show How, Don't Tell What - A Management Style|last=Tomayko|first=Ryan|date=2 April 2012|accessdate=28 August 2013}}</ref> Employees '''could''' choose to work on projects that interest them ([[open allocation]]). However, salaries '''were''' set by the chief executive.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/github-has-big-dreams-for-open-source-software-and-more/?_r=0|title=Dreams of 'Open' Everything|last=Hardy|first=Quentin|publisher=New York Times}}</ref> By 2014, the company had adopted a traditional management structure.<ref name=":8" />
On 16 January 2013, GitHub announced it had passed the 3 million users mark and was then hosting more than 5 million repositories.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/04/11/code-sharing-site-github-turns-five-and-hits-3-5-million-users-6-million-repositories/ |title = Code-sharing site Github turns five and hits 3.5 million users, 6 million repositories |publisher = TheNextWeb.com |date = 2013-04-11 |accessdate = 2013-04-11 }}</ref> On 23 December 2013, GitHub announced it had reached 10 million repositories.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://github.com/blog/1724-10-million-repositories |title = 10 Million Repositories |publisher = GitHub.com |date = 2013-12-23 |accessdate = 2013-12-28 }}</ref>
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=== Organizational structure ===
'''Originally a flat organization with little management structure, in 2014, GitHun introduced middle managers, including heads of engineering, legal, marketing, sales.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/startups/why-github-finally-abandoned-its-bossless-workplace/article31718152/|title=Why GitHub finally abandoned its bossless workplace|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref> About 700 people worked at GitHub, as of October 2017.<ref name=":2" />'''
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