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I worked adjacent some telecom consultants in the 90s whose income was solely driven by a percentage of cost savings they could trim from telephone bills. Seeme

I worked adjacent some telecom consultants in the 90s whose income was solely driven by a percentage of cost savings they could trim from telephone bills. Seemed like a very brash business model but they clearly knew there was gold to be mined. I keep thinking I should be doing "cloud optimization" work and being compensated this way. Slicing and dicing output from usage/billing APIs and providing an "optimized spend" probably has the potential for a lot of low hanging fruit.

bdcravens 3y ago
My employer has the same business model (we audit Fedex and UPS invoices for late deliveries, bogus surcharges, etc)
philsnow 3y ago
Like https://www.duckbillgroup.com/about/ https://www.duckbillgroup.com/about/ ? There’s probably room in the market.
QuinnyPig 3y ago
As someone who's been doing this for the better part of a decade: it's a mirage. No client is going to sign for a "percentage of savings" model when it comes to cloud. Believe you me, I've looked at this up, down, and sideways; neither the math nor the psychology work out the way you'd hope.