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I wouldn't ever consider building a product for consumers.

Why?

* Businesses are used to paying for services.

* Businesses can typically make judgements about the ROI of software (X saves Maggie 5 hours a week. That translates to $200 in pay. Sure, $100/mo is worth it.) Consumers can't.

* Businesses pay thousands of dollars a month for each person on staff. If you can eliminate the need for a position, a business will probably willingly pay 3 to 4 figures for your software.



I've never heard the term '3 figures' before :)


As in $XXX or $XXXX

I'm also so focused on subscription revenue that I forgot to clarify that. Get a few $XXXX/month businesses and you'll have six figure annual revenue before you know it.


Do you mean you haven't heard "three", or "figures"? Because you've definitely heard "six figures".


One of those cases where you've heard "three" and "figures" but not "three figures" :P

(I've probably heard it used only a few times in my life)


Oh, right. Same here, come to think of it. I wonder what other cliche phrases we can ruin.




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