Seems like something the space could increasingly use as folks become beholden to a handful of massive companies who are increasingly trying to exploit their size to increase prices, margins, and profit.
Nobody will get rich from it but you could build a decent life.
Edit: found a list, posted here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47364221
1. Access to cash. While software does not require much physical capital (factories, equipment, raw materials, etc) those with capital have easier access to cash and can therefore scale much quicker.
2. Intellectual Property. In software industry, workers do not just use capital to make finished goods. They produce new capital out of their imaginations and that capital (which lasts 120 years, never breaks down, never deteriorates) is typically owned those who put up the cash. That makes their advantage grow over time.
None of that is insurmountable, but we are a long way from having the organization or political support to overcome them.
10 organized farmers function like a big efficient farm.
10 app creators won't be the same as 1 huge platform.
It's an experiment and could fail spectacularly. But if it's successful then we'll finally own our own success and build wealth for ourselves, not VC or PE funds.
[0] https://www.notion.so/notventurescale/Wild-Built-Incubator-2...
Basically you are “co employed” by your company and the PEO. For all day to day stuff, you work for your company, for the purposes of taxes, insurance, etc you work for them.