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Comment author: [deleted] 28 December 2015 08:26:34PM *  2 points [-]

"Consulting is not about advice," and thus a product that seeks to disrupt consulting by providing superior advice will simply fail.

I think this is the most legitimate objection to the entire model as stated. To be fair, the reason I want this out there is NOT just to disrupt consulting - my investors asked me for the best mass market play, and this was it. I have other uses for a cheap accurate forecasting tool that don't involve Fortune 500 companies :).

edit: I do think that no matter what happens, a tool like this will eventually come to dominate because it' s just better - but it may take new companies out-competing other companies using the tool, which is much slower than convincing existing companies to switch from management consulting.

I'll send you an email now.