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by Irongirl1 745 days ago
May I inquire where you are (as in what country)?

Because all of the G7 are in debt and drowning fast.

So the balance sheet is the place to look. If in the USA, McKinsey has a excellent report called The Digitization Report, which looks at the tech enablement on an Industry level. The usual suspects are trailing: healthcare, education and government.

On a related note, small government offices (think water boards and fire fighters etc) in the US suffer from frequent fraud. They don't use credit cards or they use them inappropriately. A tool to stop such misuse would be very helpful...but can you get them to use it?

On the impact side, are you trying to be Bezos or Musk? Both Billionaires, both exceedingly valuable impact, different fields of endeavor.

Bezos gave the World upto 2+ hours back per week and Musk forced a conversation that car crazy America was loathe to have...both high-impact (which is all this answer is about ..not their politics or what-have-you).

Cities and towns have huge problems bringing business back. VCs are shutting down valuable startups because they didn't go vertical. Airplane was shutdown because they believed the new narrative that AI would soon make them obsolete. I think that was a mistake. The average SMB isn't bothering with AI...and who can blame them? It's an error filled mess. But they all (some 500K) need help automating because hiring is harder than ever and employees are expensive.

Instead of shutting down, it could have been the next Basecamp or RedHat. A slow consistent grower which provides steady tech-related employment which the US desperately needs in states other than CA. Most of which have better cost of living and metrics in every other measurement as well.

A tool which calculates which state has the best incentives and the best packages for employees moving? A Teleport x MainStreet combo??