Ask HN: Industries/Companies to Get into Today?

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by Kshad • 6 years ago

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Those just reaching escape velocity like MS, Apple, Google, Fb, Netflix during their days

tornato7• 6 years ago

Brain Corporation makes cleaning machines autonomous and is thriving during COVID-19

khannavid5• 6 years ago

Let's make a shortlist step by step. There's a good chance that we find the next big company in the Unicorn List. There are around 500 startups in such a list:

https://www.cbinsights.com/research-unicorn-companies

Which startups in this list have the potential to grow rapidly in the next few years? Not all of them for sure! But there are a lot of them: SpaceX, Stripe, 23andMe, Discord, Grammarly, Duolingo, Calm, Intercom, Brex, Airtable, Figma, Canva and Udemy to name just a few.

The final factor? How many of them are in a market big enough to make big companies like Microsoft? This factor gonna make our list way too shorter! But it's hard to be sure. If I want to guess? I easily remove names like Udemy, Canva, Calm, Grammarly and Duolingo from our list...

Kshad2• 6 years ago

Actually, I think Udemy might be in a very big market. It competes in the market for continuing learners who could not get an education they wanted during their 18-25 year ages. I would love to work at Stripe and perhaps Discord. SpaceX too, but I am not a resident American.

khannavid5• 6 years ago

Although I have my serious doubts about educational startups, seeing them more successful will make me happy for sure. They make a real difference in the world...

I'm not sure which Unicorns are outside US or which one hire remotely... But there are a lot of them. InVision is the only one that comes to mind right now.

giantg23• 6 years ago

They would be interesting to work for. My issue is I don't have the talent to do so.

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