I agree. With some assumptions: - there were five person first, now 50, so in average 27 all the time - average salary is 40000 e per year, so 30000 e in 9 months - employer payments are in total 1,5 x salary it will result 27 x 30000 e x 1,5 = 1250000 e. So, without selling anything they already used over million euros, and if they don't get the phone to the stores this year, the bill will double So, indeed, not a small start-up (at least in Finnish scale). (I wrote this with my N9 and it wasn't very funny experience. I hope the formating didn't f*ck up.)