I wonder if this approach to starting a vertical business the founders have 0 experience in has ever panned out. I know YC pushes the B2B SaaS angle as hard as possible, searching for "underserved" niches, but seems like if you don't have true industry experience, it can't possibly work out.

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mbesto 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Travis Kalanick had zero taxi experience and Brian Chesky had zero hospitality experience.

Now they created new models to existing paradigms, because I do tend to agree that founders that have verticalized experience tend to be far more successful (but perhaps arguably less 'disruptive')

	▲	asdev 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Those were consumer apps, not B2B. No deep niche experience needed, Uber had to fight regulations but wasn't something industry knowledge would've helped with a ton

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conorplunkett 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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maxignol 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I know you don’t judge a book by its cover, but a vercel extension does not look professional nah ?

	▲	apsurd 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		it’s a good point. Their product likely is legit, but i even judge individual contributors who use these site builders for their resumes or portfolios and stick with the subdomain. It’s that last mile effort towards completeness i think.

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