[om-list] 4c

[Tom and other Packers]

Luke

    Could you explain to me again what you do.  It had something to do with
business knowledge.

    I'm thinking of starting 4C as a data analysis service provider, as I
develop the software (before trying to sell the software), and it seems to
me there might be a good niche out there, assuming the following: (1) the
more people there are out there who need your service, the more likely
you'll find a piece of that market, (2) businesses are numerous, and involve
many similar, if not identical issues, including the types data/information
they use, (3) the closer a person and his service-providing venture get to
dealing with money directly, the more profitable that venture seems to be
(think of Warren Buffet, i.e. people who deal with finances tend to do
well financially), (4) one of the most common features of businesses is
their financial aspect, (5) financial information is a type of data.

    From this heuristic, I'm assuming that it might be a good idea to try to
start a data analysis service as one specialising in analysing financial
data of some common kind.  If the data is basic enough, there will be a huge
market.  If we are successful in improving the profits of the generic
business, and/or there are no other services like what 4C will provide, then
we can gain a huge piece of that market.

    The main problem here is, I don't know very much about business.  Could
you (and Mark, and Lee) consider this idea?  Also assume that we could
develop a useful system for predicting patterns, given enough data to
analyse.

tomp