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Early Outage Alert Monitoring Service
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Episode 798 | Lessons From 10 Years of SaaS Growth Without a Hockey Stick
Host: Rob Walling
Timestamp: 00:02:56 - 00:03:53
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Direct Quote
"We essentially say, okay, something's going on with Google Meet because there's all of these people looking for the status of Google Meet."
Market Gap
Companies struggle to manage outages without real-time alerts.
Summary
Categorization
Potential MRR (18-24 months)
* Estimates assume solo founder/bootstrap scenario with competent execution
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