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SAP Ariba too expensive Anybody interested in building an alternative with me?

• subrat_rout 5y ago
  Not trying to play negative. It is not about building. Developing the product is only 10% of the game. The rest 90% lies in marketing and sales. There are several interesting HN discussions on how these complicated enterprise behemoth survive and flourish. Moreover if you really want to attract people into your ideas you need to tell a bit more about yourself. Why should I join force with you? What are you bringing on the table? I will add these two links below for a reference. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22244750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22244750 https://retool.com/blog/erp-for-engineers/ https://retool.com/blog/erp-for-engineers/
  • vascodigama 5y ago
    Agreed 100% with your thought. Also thanks for sharing the links. These are really thoughtful. Will go through them in detail. My bad, I was trying to play click bait to check interest. I am a electrical engineer turned management consultant with BCG. I worked with BCG across 2 different continents primarily supporting clients in change management, strategy and cost optimization. I came across this problem in almost every client where their costs bloat up because of inefficient procurement and the solve was almost always pretty straight forward. Smart sourcing, real time monitoring and comparison with changing market dynamics. Currently, no solutions exist which are simple to implement and use. Also very few solutions have easy UI/UX which is critical to drive usage across functions. Also what I understand the SMB space also doesn't have a solution like this. What I bring to the table? Core domain knowledge of procurement, good client management skills & strong action bias to solving a problem Why should you join me? If you are a hacker and want to redefine how procurement is done across enterprises, we should get chatting right away.
• haltingproblem 5y ago
  There are a ton of enterprise bidding/auction tools out there. Most of them are domain-specific so we never hear about them unless we are in that industry. Before you jump in headlong have you thought about compiling a landscape (google spreadsheet) of existing solutions?
  • vascodigama 5y ago
    Thanks for the input. Infact I have made a list, but most of them are not accessible to play around with. Any easy hack that has enabled you to do this? Also there are hardly any good solutions that exist for the SMB market.
    • cosmodisk 5y ago
      Just give them all a call, tell you are looking for a solution for your client and ask for a lengthy demo,so you'd get an idea what it's like.
    • haltingproblem 5y ago
      Generic solutions are hard to get traction with.I think go-to-market is a tough one. There is so much to unpack here and perhaps you have already thought of it but ping me, details in profile, if you wanna chat more.