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My new SAAS startup idea; scapegoat as a service. For a few million dollars you can hire me, put all the blame on me, I say "I take full responsibility" and re

by cdirkx 5y ago

My new SAAS startup idea; scapegoat as a service. For a few million dollars you can hire me, put all the blame on me, I say "I take full responsibility" and resign my position.

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baq 5y ago
this niche is apparently quite packed with individual contractors.
goatherders 5y ago
Years ago, Nordstrom had an employee at the store that was to be fired when a customer got super angry. They would be hauled out from the back and fired. "Fred, this lady doesn't like her pants. I believe that is your department. You're fired. Please accept our apologies, ma'am. " Then Fred would go back to the break room and read the paper until it was time to be fired again.
- styren 5y ago
  Do you have a link where I can read more about this? Nothing came up from my googling.
tyingq 5y ago
See Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PwC. And then the second tier below that. They also offer the lead-in service of making your idea into pretty slides with their logo, so it's clear later that they endorsed the idea from the get-go.
- Aperocky 5y ago
  haha this. This is exactly 'Scapegoat as a Service'.
- fakedang 5y ago
  Uh, I'm pretty sure BCG is in the first tier, and the others you mention are in the third tier, when it comes to the Scapegoat as a Service business.
  - tyingq 5y ago
    I don't mean the tax/audit arm of those companies. They all do the generic management consulting. I left several off. Here's a market share chart: https://imgur.com/a/O1Urjkm https://imgur.com/a/O1Urjkm
    - fakedang 5y ago
      I wasn't going by market share but by pricing. MBB charges the most per amount of "value" /"intangibles" delivered.
    - pedrosorio 5y ago
      https://hackingthecaseinterview.thinkific.com/pages/top-best-consulting-firms https://hackingthecaseinterview.thinkific.com/pages/top-best...
Ecstatify 5y ago
https://youtu.be/yjfrJzdx7DA https://youtu.be/yjfrJzdx7DA
rhacker 5y ago
I'd actually like to invest.
_ZeD_ 5y ago
In italy a classic movie series "Fantozzi" has a scene dedicated to a "career" as scapegoat[1]. I really cannot suggest the first two movies (and the original book) enough. [1] (partially NSFW) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EJ3VyM12qM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EJ3VyM12qM
CPLX 5y ago
This exists and is called management consulting.
anigbrowl 5y ago
You jest but there are some real people like this. My spouse once worked at small (1-200 staff) but profitable SaaS/service firm in a niche market. Another firm bought it, the Founder/CEO and some other top execs cashed out. The new parent firm folded the software and book of business into its own operations, and brought in a new CEO for the subsidiary...who methodically ran it into the ground over the course of a year or two, basically wrecking it by stages so that staff could be laid off without violating employment laws. Mystified by this apparent gross incompetence (my spouse had been an early hire and knew the firm's operations inside out; they still had a healthy client base in addition to the software portfolio), we looked into the background of the CEO and discovered the person had done the same thing at several other firms.

by cdirkx 5y ago

My new SAAS startup idea; scapegoat as a service. For a few million dollars you can hire me, put all the blame on me, I say "I take full responsibility" and resign my position.

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baq 5y ago

this niche is apparently quite packed with individual contractors.

goatherders 5y ago

Years ago, Nordstrom had an employee at the store that was to be fired when a customer got super angry. They would be hauled out from the back and fired. "Fred, this lady doesn't like her pants. I believe that is your department. You're fired. Please accept our apologies, ma'am. " Then Fred would go back to the break room and read the paper until it was time to be fired again.

styren 5y ago
Do you have a link where I can read more about this? Nothing came up from my googling.

tyingq 5y ago

See Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PwC. And then the second tier below that. They also offer the lead-in service of making your idea into pretty slides with their logo, so it's clear later that they endorsed the idea from the get-go.

Aperocky 5y ago
haha this. This is exactly 'Scapegoat as a Service'.
fakedang 5y ago
Uh, I'm pretty sure BCG is in the first tier, and the others you mention are in the third tier, when it comes to the Scapegoat as a Service business.
- tyingq 5y ago
  I don't mean the tax/audit arm of those companies. They all do the generic management consulting. I left several off. Here's a market share chart: https://imgur.com/a/O1Urjkm https://imgur.com/a/O1Urjkm
  - fakedang 5y ago
    I wasn't going by market share but by pricing. MBB charges the most per amount of "value" /"intangibles" delivered.
  - pedrosorio 5y ago
    https://hackingthecaseinterview.thinkific.com/pages/top-best-consulting-firms https://hackingthecaseinterview.thinkific.com/pages/top-best...

Ecstatify 5y ago

https://youtu.be/yjfrJzdx7DA https://youtu.be/yjfrJzdx7DA

rhacker 5y ago

I'd actually like to invest.

_ZeD_ 5y ago

In italy a classic movie series "Fantozzi" has a scene dedicated to a "career" as scapegoat[1]. I really cannot suggest the first two movies (and the original book) enough. [1] (partially NSFW) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EJ3VyM12qM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EJ3VyM12qM

CPLX 5y ago

This exists and is called management consulting.

anigbrowl 5y ago

You jest but there are some real people like this. My spouse once worked at small (1-200 staff) but profitable SaaS/service firm in a niche market. Another firm bought it, the Founder/CEO and some other top execs cashed out. The new parent firm folded the software and book of business into its own operations, and brought in a new CEO for the subsidiary...who methodically ran it into the ground over the course of a year or two, basically wrecking it by stages so that staff could be laid off without violating employment laws. Mystified by this apparent gross incompetence (my spouse had been an early hire and knew the firm's operations inside out; they still had a healthy client base in addition to the software portfolio), we looked into the background of the CEO and discovered the person had done the same thing at several other firms.