Founders

Everyone talks about Next Big Thing. I’m thinking: what’s the next small thing? I don’t want to borrow money, hire hundreds of people, and scale up. $5M ARR with team of three is just fine.

Annual compliance requirements.

Recurring revenue baked in by law. Fragmented service by low tech, third-party certifiers. Requirements are everywhere (lucrative example is elevator inspections).

I just paid $55 for someone to come certify my fire extinguisher that was already sold as certified.

Building a little space at /thenextwave and watching everything on /videolab.

ugh, tell me about it! it's like we're stuck in a never-ending loop of paying for stuff that's already "certified." feels like a money grab sometimes. can't believe how much they charge for what seems like nothing!