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These are primarily SaaS businesses. You missed the "grind" step.

• vram22 8y ago
  Startup opportunity? Grind as a Service? (GaaS). Not kidding, although the acronym might make it seem so. I mean, paying a middleman (the GaaSer) to do something better / more cost-effectively than you (aka any SaaS startup founder) can (if it is an area they can specialize in, and so achieve economies of scale). SaaS's (and other cos.) already use many SaaS's anyway - at least some of them do, I've read. It's like why we pay e-commerce companie like Amazon, rather than scouting for each item we want to buy at separate vendors or vendor's sites.
  • Swenrekcah 8y ago
    Isn't that's either: a consultant if you get paid in money, or a co-founder if you get paid in a share of the product.
    • vram22 8y ago
      I was somewhat speculating, hence the 2 question marks in my comment. But to make it more clear: I don't think that it needs to be only either a consultant or a co-founder. I was thinking (maybe an unconventional approach, I know) of a GaaS company that has studied and has experience with, and then specializes in removing the obstacles (of the 'grind' - word from original comment I replied to) that startups commonly have trouble with. Could be with customer acquisition or customer retention or other areas, and they provide this as a service. In fact I would not be surprised if there already are companies doing this - there probably are. At least for different aspects of marketing I know there are.
    • vram22 8y ago
      wtb ,emanresu nh ecin
• encoderer 8y ago
  Downvotes must mean the truth hurts. Growing mrr is a grind. It’s just the truth.