You're probably right about the money saving value proposition... the flexibility to customize the service in-house may outweigh cost savings. I'm not really s

You're probably right about the money saving value proposition... the flexibility to customize the service in-house may outweigh cost savings. I'm not really sure how convincing them I will grow this to something big is relevant. It's a very niche service that isn't something my employer would be interested in making money off of. They do not intend to sell the tool they are thinking about building in house. I am financially independent and would like to bootstrap this business, so I have no interest in bringing in VCs. Even if I did, it's such a niche problem that no VC would be interested, unless I sold the problem as a gateway into a much bigger and more profitable domain. I don't really have any interest in this though.