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Stripe is an awesome example of a company that addressed a tangible frustration / real need instead of a desire or a higher-level "want". I've noticed that comp
by zapnap 15y ago
Stripe is an awesome example of a company that addressed a tangible frustration / real need instead of a desire or a higher-level "want". I've noticed that companies that provide "Internet plumbing" often fall into this category:
* SendGrid (bulk email sending)
* Twilio (easy to use telephony / sms)
* Zencoder (video encoding)
* MailChimp (mailing list management)
What others can you think of? Would love to see a list here :).
- kmfrk 15y agoI think a lot of us are clamoring for an alternative to Gmail that also happens to be placed outside the (immediate) jurisdiction of the United States. It's obvious people want it, but mere mortals shirk from the prospect of securing it.
- tlogan 15y agoI think Dropbox is part of that list. Hey - there were file sharing solutions from big companies (AOL, Microsoft, etc.) but they were all crappy.
- pg 15y agoHeroku, Mailgun, MongoHQ, Cloudkick, Parse, AeroFS, DotCloud, Vidyard, AppHarbor, Mixpanel, Cloudant, PagerDuty (we like this type of company).
- d3x 15y agoOne of the things that I have noticed about all of your examples is that they are all tools for developers. Do you have any examples of companies that solve real problems for the general consumer?
- pg 15y agoSure. But he asked for examples of companies working on plumbing.
- revorad 15y agoDropbox, Airbnb
- zapnap 15y agoSimple/BankSimple, maybe :p.
- peterarmstrong 15y agoLeanpub (self-publishing in-progress ebooks) [disclaimer: my startup]
- mark_l_watson 15y agoThat is pretty nice Peter. I have a few short book ideas and I'll try your service out on one of them.
- rayval 15y agoUrban Airship