Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 11, 2023

Yup, the Indian will do it for 1/3 the cost and still make enough profits to buy up your company 10 years from when this strip originally ran.

It drives me nuts when I need the help of a human being for some technical problem and either I get a machine or someone from India or the Philippines with accents so thick that I can’t understand a word they’re saying!!

And they’re off! A couple of young go-getters burning with entrepreneurial spirit. Or maybe burning something else. But burning for sure.

If you work out some specs isn’t the plan already done?

Someone literally did that. Outsourced his job to an Indian IT guy and kept collecting his salary.

if you send the specs off to India make sure you have thoroughly vetted the they will do exactly what you have written no questions asked. Outsourcing without controls is a waste of time

Now, they’d ask ChatGPT

Upper management told my son he had to cut his department payroll. He said, “I could cut two positions in the Mombai office, or just one in the London office.”

Did anyone discover what happened to Be This Guy ?

24 hours incommunicado?

Maybe he got lost in the woods in the Bliss strip?

Now you can just use Chatgpt —and it’s free! Here’s one I just made for them.Business Plan: The Laziness Revolutionaries

1. Company Name:

Slacker Innovations Co.

2. Executive Summary:

We’re two college sloths aiming to revolutionize laziness with groundbreaking, do-nothing solutions.

3. Vision Statement:

“Changing the world, one nap at a time.”

4. Mission Statement:

We strive to redefine idleness by creating products and services that require minimal effort, offering a sanctuary for the lethargic.

5. Products/Services:

a) “Instant Homework Excuse” Appb) Bedside Snack Delivery Service (BSDS)

6. Market Analysis:

Target Market: Procrastinators, sleep enthusiasts, and anyone who wishes doing nothing was a full-time job.

7. Marketing Strategy:

Viral memes, sponsored siestas, and partnerships with mattress stores.

8. Revenue Model:

Subscription fees for premium excuses, commission on late-night snack deliveries.

9. Team:

CEO (Chief Exhaustion Officer): [Lazy Student 1]CTO (Chief Tiredness Officer): [Lazy Student 2]

10. Funding:

We’re looking for investors who understand the value of not lifting a finger.

11. Risks:

Potential burnout from excessive napping.

12. Exit Strategy:

Sell the company and retire to a hammock-friendly island.

13. Timeline:

ASAP: Launch “Instant Homework Excuse” AppMonth 2: Introduce Bedside Snack Delivery Service (BSDS)Year 1: Achieve global dominance in the do-nothing market.

14. Metrics of Success:

Increased daily nap durations, spike in meme shares, positive reviews from renowned couch potatoes.

15. Acknowledgment of Laziness:

We’ll probably get to this later… or not.

Disclaimer: This plan may never be executed due to an overwhelming desire to do nothing.

Notice that, unusually, Zipper is wearing sunglasses, so we can’t see his typical, literal wide-eyed innocence. You can’t be wide-eyed AND cynical in a Doonesbury strip.

Today you might try ChatGPT…

“But isn’t whipping up specs a lot of work, too?” “Good thought. I’ll outsource that, too.” “Well, isn’t outsourcing a lot of work, too?” “Good thought, ummm……”

These days you’d just ask ChatGPT.

I get phone calls from India several times a day.

Sell the intellectual property to China and go out of business

So, basically that’s their business plan – capital looking for a hole.

See today’s “Zen Pencils,” fellas…

Maybe outsourcing business plan development to India can be their business!

These days slacker entrepreneurs rely on AI to start, run and bail out of the business profitably.

You really don’t need a plan. Just do it.

Chat GPT does it for $20 a month.

The beginning of a beautiful friendship that accomplished absolutely nothing