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Goodpath was originally a consulting (outsourcing) firm, but by breaking down information stored in client work and incorporating it into issues, they were able to create high-resolution SaaS.
Risk of becoming more like an outsourcer
It's not just about collecting information and organizing issues, but also about designing and solving technology combinations, making HOW the strategy itself. I thought it was great that Goodpatch is implementing the "Next Consultant" model in a general way! https://t.co/0VEzrmSpBq
— Yamotty | Masao Yamoto (10X) (@yamotty3) March 6, 2020
I think that Goodpath's SaaS, such as Miro: Strap, came from this thinking.
Fintech scales vertical SaaS - FoundX Review - Entrepreneur and Startup Know-How Information
【Categorizing SaaS】What is the difference between horizontal SaaS and vertical SaaS? - Gozonji
In Japan, for example, there are vertical SaaS services for retail stores that confirm the flow of people in the store in conjunction with cameras. There are also vertical SaaS services for the food manufacturing industry that digitize business documents and make them easy to understand and manage on the cloud.
About differentiation
There are always gaps. The reason is that the competition may have become too big and the target of small B may have become careless. Or, there may be an untouched area in the vertical domain of enterprise. Maeda Hiro wrote something about this on his blog.
The limits of SaaS
https://gyazo.com/e678801400c05d5c6cdf84d76ece048b
How to launch an enterprise SaaS business in a very short period of time ~Behind the release of LayerX INVOICE~ | Yoshinori Fukushima@LayerX
/Civichat/We want to incentivize customers who take risks #6040632eeebf8d003777b272