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What's a business that when you first heard it, thought it was the dumbest idea in the world, and it turned out to be hugely successful? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by Low-Helicopter-2696@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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Airbnb sounded like a horrible idea to me. Who the heck would rent out a single room? Sounded like a recipe for murder.

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[–] suzieq80014@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Middle management needs to justify their jobs. With their staff wfh, it’s all too clear that most provide no value.

They need physical eyes the peons. And the ability to judge their staff’s future income by fire well or poorly they play politics—which is difficult to do remotely.

“You need physical eyes on your staff” is a relatively easy sale.