33: Staying in the unsexy niches

Made with Grit

Landon and Kyle discuss the idea of avoiding popular SaaS markets and give their thoughts on building in public (while sipping on some bourbon & eggnog). They also give their thoughts on some of the recent SaaS acquisitions.

Today's Topics Include:

• Their podcast drinks of choice
• Acquisitions of Kustomer (Facebook) & Slack (Salesforce)
• New product: Bump
• Building in public? Pros and cons
  • Learnings are helpful
  • Leads to more competitors
  • More interested in klout instead of business
  • Spending more time showing you're building in public than actually building
  • Many 'open startups' move away from that as they grow
• Giving a business more time to mature
• 90% of companies still aren't using cloud-based software
  • These are the unsexy niches

Links & Resources:

• Salesforce, Slack, and the future of work
• Bump