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    Advice on scaling a service business, thoughts on eCom,SaaS?

    SCALING SAAS / APPS QUESTION 
    Hi all, I currently have 2 businesses and am still working 4 days a week part time to fund these businesses. I am very grateful for the opportunity to be in this forum and would love to hear any advice you can recommend if you have experience with these: 1. Social media agency - only about...
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    Is Blockchain really going to change things?

    CRYPTO 
    So the whole blockchain revolution has been regarded by many as a way to bring back control to society away from big tech companies (who are often platform business models part of the sharing economy) e.g. Uber, Amazon, Airbnb, Etsy. Many complain that these big tech companies are the...
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    Platform business model: Percentage or Pay per Lead?

    IDEA 
    Hi so I am building a service based platform business similar to Uber Eats, Lyft, Upwork etc. From what i've seen there are 2 main models 1. Percentage e.g. Upwork charges a small percentage 5-10% of clients booked. This can mean that profit varies, it can be a large profit if it is a large...
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    How niche is too niche?

    QUESTION 
    Everyone knows about the big marketplace companies e.g. Amazon, eBay, YouTube, AirBnB, Uber, Upwork etc. But there are also segments I've noticed for example:Vrbo competes with Airbnb offering private homes and rentals. So in a sense it is a segment of the larger home rental market. Another...
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    Marketplaces: Uber, AirBnB, Snappr, Fiverr, Upwork and niching

    SAAS / APPS WEB/DIGITAL 
    Absolutely I agree with this point. And that seems to be the problem I've noticed with Fiverr - it is like the lower quality version of Upwork. Essentially I look at the marketplace as a product. Craigslist is a marketplace but it is so poor in quality that barely anyone uses it anymore. So the...
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    Marketplaces: Uber, AirBnB, Snappr, Fiverr, Upwork and niching

    SAAS / APPS WEB/DIGITAL 
    Hi so I had a question about the marketplace business model that you see nowadays - essentially while there are still small businesses and even big corporations, many professions have been turned into freelancers. Essentially a service business is a marketplace - for example if I run a digital...
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    Hello

    INTRO 
    Hi my name is Martin, I'm 26 I work in marketing. I have always been interested in business and currently run a business on the side in wedding photography/videography with a small team of contractors. Great to be here!
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    Can shiny object syndrome be good?

    IDEA 
    Hi so I currently operate a wedding photography/videography business, which is doing okay but I am thinking of investing in another business. Now I know having shiny object syndrome is heavily frowned upon but the wedding photo/video industry is really declining. Marriages are declining and...
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