[nbarry]

> With its $35 per-hour, per-guard flat rate (paid after an event has gone on without a hitch), Bannerman is shooting right for the middle of those two markets.

Here's an interesting business idea for lovers of analysis and market research: Create a database of various industries, measuring especially these variables: 1. Cost of the service/good provided 2. Some very rough quantification of its value (NOT its cost) 3. The ease with which customers can obtain those services/goods; this includes how long it takes for the customer to obtain the services/goods.

Then, identify large gaps - places where there aren't many options at a certain price, or at a certain level of value, or where the ease of obtaining the services/goods is very high.

Sell subscriptions to this data to entrepreneurs looking to start or pivot companies.

[didgeoridoo]

I used to do this as a job; it's a form of market research. Usually you focus on a single vertical (mine was pharma) — getting the numbers right is HARD.

[nbarry]

Yeah, even as I was writing the idea, I was thinking that it must be really hard to do well.