[ForHackernews]

Is there a business opportunity to figure out how to cut out these expensive middlemen? Some kind of bidding market? TaskRabbit-for-the-enterprise?

[hnaccount141]

That wouldn't really be cutting out the middleman so much as it would be becoming the middleman though.

[ForHackernews]

"Becoming a cheaper/faster/more convenient middleman" describes almost every technology business.

[jvagner]

Doing it yourself.

As someone who personally grew up with and knows at least one relatively famous one of these, you're not going to replace him.

[ForHackernews]

Everyone says they're irreplaceable right up until an algorithm takes their job.

[seem_2211]

Absolutely not.