[HN Gopher] Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential...
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       Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential startup?
        
       This has been asked previously here [1] but it has been over a
       year. The thread actually has suggestions to do this monthly to get
       insights into other industries but I guess that did not happen.
       Anyway I think it's been over a year and I think we should have a
       discussion about this.  [1]:
       https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13139638
        
       Author : anthropodie
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2022-06-02 15:10 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
       | jschveibinz wrote:
       | The question is valid, but there is something missing from the
       | equation from a startup perspective: experience.
       | 
       | It is the person who has experienced the problem that will fully
       | understand the nuances of the problem and the potential users of
       | the solution.
       | 
       | An alternative question might be: "how does one engage and learn
       | about problems in your industry?"
       | 
       | I understand that this is difficult, but this is what investors
       | want to see.
        
       | bdcravens wrote:
       | There are many billing solutions geared toward SaaS providers,
       | but not many for service businesses that bill monthly (at least
       | in the API sense).
        
         | parkerhiggins wrote:
         | metronome.com
        
           | bdcravens wrote:
           | It's closer than I've seen elsewhere, but not quite there.
           | There isn't a good way to predefine what they consider
           | "billable metrics" for the use case I'm considering.
        
         | aristofun wrote:
         | Could you elaborate please?
        
           | bdcravens wrote:
           | Our product is performance-based, rather than unit-based, and
           | there's no exposed API. We would like to have a detailed
           | itemized invoice (think a phone bill). Our options are build
           | from scratch or shoe-horn existing solutions. It'd be nice to
           | not have to reinvent the wheel and also keep our customers
           | within our UI.
        
         | bequanna wrote:
         | Do you mean a billing service that connects to some internal
         | project/time tracking software and automatically builds and
         | sends an invoice?
        
           | bdcravens wrote:
           | No. I'm talking about service that is performance-based,
           | rather than time or cost based.
        
         | jc_811 wrote:
         | Something like Kable perhaps? https://www.kable.io/
        
           | bdcravens wrote:
           | No, this looks like a product for companies who sell API
           | access.
           | 
           | Our product is performance-based, rather than unit-based, and
           | there's no exposed API. We would like to have a detailed
           | itemized invoice (think a phone bill). Our options are build
           | from scratch or shoe-horn existing solutions. It'd be nice to
           | not have to reinvent the wheel and also keep our customers
           | within our UI.
        
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