Collaboration software is having a moment right now. Every company is trying to find their set of tools to successfully do remote work. Now is the time to build remote tools. It may seem like a crowded market, but there is a big opportunity to build software for more unique types of work.
Word processing just kicked things off.
In 2009, Google launched Docs, Sheets and Slides. It was a magical moment to create documents together in real-time. Fast forward a decade, G Suite and Cloud are used by 2 billion people, bringing in $10 billion in revenue every year.
If you look beyond word processing, there are many million dollar companies to be made in other workflows. Let’s look at popular solo desktop software that would be more valuable by making it collaborative in real-time.
🤩 = open wide opportuntiy
| Type of work | Solo | Collaborative |
|---|---|---|
| Interface design | Illustrator, Sketch | Figma |
| Presentations | Keynote | Pitch |
| Animation | After Effects | 🤩 |
| Audio production | GarageBand, FL Studio, Pro Tools | 🤩 |
| Front | ||
| Music | iTunes | 🤩 |
| Video production | iMovie | 🤩 |
| Notes | Mac Notes, TextEdit | Notion |
| Website creation | Dreamweaver | Webflow |
| Photo editing | Lightroom | 🤩 |
| Podcast recording | GarageBand, Logic Pro, Adobe Audition | Descript |
Figma is an interesting one. It has a big developer community that build plug-ins to further extend the tentacles of what Figma set out to acheive.
What if you could edit audio/video projects or animate frame by frame with someone else in real-time? What if you could listen to music together and hang out with your company remotely?
Tons of opportunity. Let’s get building.
Aloke Pillai 