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A five-minute introduction to buying businesses, changing their workflows with AI, and the execution questions that determine whether the idea works.
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Page 3Vinay Iyengar · The Vin Diagram
Lists fragmented, knowledge-intensive, relationship-based markets as candidates and asks when owning customers beats selling vertical software.
Joe Lonsdale, Jack Moshkovich, Drew Oetting, Sebastian Caliri · 8VC
Explains how embedded engineering and detailed workflow models can become reusable products. Extends the argument to integrated AI service providers.
Evan Lyseng · Cautious Optimism
Explores vertical SaaS buyouts as a response to technology adoption problems. Traces the argument to earlier Yoni Rechtman and Will Manidis social posts.
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