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give me an example of a 'talent network' that pivoted. I mean, being a middleman, I understand... but most of the middleman networks start out as a thing, and
by lsc 11y ago
give me an example of a 'talent network' that pivoted.
I mean, being a middleman, I understand... but most of the middleman networks start out as a thing, and largely stay that thing.
I'm not saying you're wrong... just trying to understand what you are saying.
- derefr 11y agoIt's not so much pivoting as conglomeration. The end-goal of all these companies is to be "the point-of-contact a small-business-owner has for everything their business does that's not making their product." (In other words, to act as a PE firm or bigcorp acquirer without needing to do any actual acquiring.) The main method of achieving this goal, from the starting point of having any one "component" of such an offering, is merging with other companies that provide other components, or integrating others' components into your own as a "suite" or "dashboard", or selling a "concierge" service that recommends others' services, etc etc.
- lsc 11y agoAh, I see. Has anyone achieved this? It sounds difficult. as a small business owner myself, I know I'm super suspicious of middlemen, and I think that's one of my major advantages over larger businesses.