The Partial Solution Signal
When multiple partial solutions emerge around the same gap, the gap is real. None of the partials fill it.
When multiple partial solutions emerge around the same gap, the gap is real. None of the partials fill it.
Finding deals and analyzing deals are different problems. The tools solving one aren't solving the other.
When a workflow gets solved in one domain, adjacent domains will follow. The gap moves, not the solution.
The gap between a published guide and someone successfully following it is a market.
When AI clients become capable enough to do what SaaS tools do, the equilibrium shifts.
The most durable businesses solve problems that are genuinely unglamorous.
Building a tool is one cost. Getting it to every place your users might look for it is another.
Security isn't just a compliance checkbox. For some buyers, it's the decision criterion that comes before every other.
Most AI integrations move data to compute. The interesting ones do the opposite.
What forty-four nights of watching a market teaches you about how gaps evolve.