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> Why is the startup trying to be a consulting company? This doesn’t sound like the story of any visionary startup I know of. Why does a successful software bu
by throwaaskjdfh 5y ago
> Why is the startup trying to be a consulting company? This doesn’t sound like the story of any visionary startup I know of.
Why does a successful software business need to be a "visionary startup"? Taking on consulting work and discovering the product by listening to customers seems like a reasonable approach.
- landryraccoon 5y agoWhat are the biggest success stories of consulting businesses pivoting to product based companies? I can't think of any off the top of my head.
- lixtra 5y agoBasecamp? SAP?
- andrewlgood 5y agoDefinitely SAP. If you believe the movie, Facebook. Trello/Stack Exchange (Foghat)
- throwaway9980 5y agoMailchimp
- progre 5y agoI belive you mean Fog Creek. Foghat is a blues rock band.
- andrewlgood 5y agoHa. You are correct
- panchicore3 5y agoSalesforce?
- el_dev_hell 5y agoAtlassian