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I can't tell you the number of times I've been pitched a bill splitting app. It's an itch, not a real problem. For all of the positive examples of companies th
by vecter 10y ago
I can't tell you the number of times I've been pitched a bill splitting app. It's an itch, not a real problem.
For all of the positive examples of companies that were "built to scratch an itch", there are thousands or tens of thousands of failures where the itch turned out to be a tiny market worth nothing, or no market at all.
- pbreit 10y agoOK, maybe "itch" isn't the right word. The more painful the itch, the better. I would agree that bill splitting apps are completely stupid. But I've never felt bill splitting was very itchy.
- vecter 10y agoAnd therein lies the problem. "Itch" is too vague, subjective, and low of a bar for starting a real business around.