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0 pointsnhorob678y ago0 comments

Farm accounting software. Boring to most, exciting to me! Just maybe that's a key

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I enjoy developing new stuff, especially if it involves new learning, but I find I am also happy working with the mundane with incremental changes. Toggling between the two is kinda perfect for me. I just have not found a mundane niche that I could monetize - any tips on how to look for what others would consider boring?

nhorob67OP8y ago

Try to simply keep your eye open for problems people are having. Ideally, one that is in a B2B space. Wish I had more insight for you.

giarc8y ago

I think you are right. Everyone wants to build the next Facebook/IG/Uber. A software company that appeals to the masses and will be front page news. There's likely a lot of opportunity in the fringe area's that aren't mainstream.

jps3598y ago

How were you able to identify that there is/was a need for farm accounting software?

nhorob67OP8y ago

My family farms in W ND. I worked in private equity for a few years in Minneapolis.

Saw my friends and family turn down crazy good risk-free profit opportunities during the AG commodity bull market of 2008. "It's going higher!"

So I quit private equity and started consulting for family farms in the Upper Midwest. That led me to build a software package that I wanted my clients to use and started selling it to others.

Baeocystin8y ago

Now if you could expand that to John Deere hacking software...

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deskamess8y ago

nhorob67OP8y ago

Try to simply keep your eye open for problems people are having. Ideally, one that is in a B2B space. Wish I had more insight for you.

giarc8y ago

jps3598y ago

How were you able to identify that there is/was a need for farm accounting software?

nhorob67OP8y ago

My family farms in W ND. I worked in private equity for a few years in Minneapolis.

Saw my friends and family turn down crazy good risk-free profit opportunities during the AG commodity bull market of 2008. "It's going higher!"

So I quit private equity and started consulting for family farms in the Upper Midwest. That led me to build a software package that I wanted my clients to use and started selling it to others.

Baeocystin8y ago

Now if you could expand that to John Deere hacking software...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse