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Ask HN: What industries are underserved by software?
         by points travisjungroth
1 hour ago
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Successful software companies are mostly founded by software engineers, or at least other white collar professionals. And since people mostly work on what they know (which is good) this seems to leave a lot of industries behind. What blue-collar industries do you know that could really be helped by better software? For more background, I ‘ m in the early stages of forming a startup, and just narrowing down problems. I’m trying to get a friend on board as a cofounder. He’s great at mobile, and I can handle the backend. We also both worked other careers before switching to software (oil and aviation). I’ve got B2B sales experience. When you put this all together, it makes an interesting combo of an app for non-office businesses. I’d really like to make something that’s more of a tool than just an app. Think “mobile phones in airplanes tracking your rental fleet” over “weather app”. Any direction-pointing is very welcome!

                 

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