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"5 core markets (Devsumer, Real Estate, AI hardware, Transportation and Logistics, Crypto) and 2 emerging ones (Legal, Defense)" Devsumer? For sure. Simplifyin

by fhood 8y ago

"5 core markets (Devsumer, Real Estate, AI hardware, Transportation and Logistics, Crypto) and 2 emerging ones (Legal, Defense)" Devsumer? For sure. Simplifying dev work seems like an area with pretty much eternal growth potential. But I find it hard to get excited about many of the others. Interacting with the government (defense) still seems to take buckets of money, and there are already large companies that do software in that space, even if their names don't come up much. It will be a while before people look a crypto as anything other than a sick joke I suspect. I kinda thought that the software+real-estate process had a whole lot of established players, but I could easily just be ignorant of some of the growth areas.

alexgmcm 8y ago
>I kinda thought that the software+real-estate process had a whole lot of established players, but I could easily just be ignorant of some of the growth areas. In my city in Spain letting agents still charge 10% of the annual rent as a fee when they do little more than print out a pre-written contract and hand you the keys. Apparently it is common in Italy too. This seems like an area ripe for disruption.
- oh_sigh 8y ago
  That's how it works in NYC as well.
- thatoneuser 8y ago
  In the US real estate agents do similar. You pay them many thousands of dollars to parade people through the home and pressure you to compromise on your listing price so they can close easier. In my experience, the agents usually can’t answer any basic questions about the home anyway. I’ve believed this industry has some tech coming it’s way for a while now. Would have loved to jumped on it early but it’s also one of those industries where you’d need an established “in” to make headway (i assume).
mrfusion 8y ago
There are actually four kinds of business; tourism, food service, railroads, and sales. (And hospitals/manufacturing and air travel) Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9qhk8ysJSwI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9qhk8ysJSwI

by fhood 8y ago

alexgmcm 8y ago

>I kinda thought that the software+real-estate process had a whole lot of established players, but I could easily just be ignorant of some of the growth areas. In my city in Spain letting agents still charge 10% of the annual rent as a fee when they do little more than print out a pre-written contract and hand you the keys. Apparently it is common in Italy too. This seems like an area ripe for disruption.

oh_sigh 8y ago
That's how it works in NYC as well.
thatoneuser 8y ago
In the US real estate agents do similar. You pay them many thousands of dollars to parade people through the home and pressure you to compromise on your listing price so they can close easier. In my experience, the agents usually can’t answer any basic questions about the home anyway. I’ve believed this industry has some tech coming it’s way for a while now. Would have loved to jumped on it early but it’s also one of those industries where you’d need an established “in” to make headway (i assume).

mrfusion 8y ago

There are actually four kinds of business; tourism, food service, railroads, and sales. (And hospitals/manufacturing and air travel) Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9qhk8ysJSwI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9qhk8ysJSwI