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		guy_c on June 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Passive income ideas? As an aside to (2). You might not even need to go as far as creating and marketing a full SaaS. I know small businesses that are paying $100-$1000/month for small little services or manually doing tasks at similar costs. Automate/replace their stuff with some bespoke code and share the savings.

skarmklart on June 19, 2013 [–]

The trick is to find them and get them to talk candidly, though.

Example: not everyone wants to admit they have problems in their business, so you have to approach the conversation from an indirect angle.

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