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Sounds like an industry ripe for disruption. Crowd source that job with an app, and the primary money maker is all that data you get on people waking up. Use the block chain to confirm awakenings. Eventually the workers will be replaced by self driving cars, so we will invest heavily in deep learning. 100 million in seed money should be enough right?

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I'm thinking that drones would be a more obvious solution, as they can knock on windows even in high-rises. Maybe even with bright lights for deaf customers?

Sure, but you have to control the drones via VR, otherwise how even will you raise capital

I believe it is also subscription based?

Sure, the basic service is a subscription. If you want to customize the knocking pattern or have an alternative wake-up method like playing a melody or even a light-show in front of your window, you can do so with paid microtransactions. Or get one of the fancy MTX 'cheaper' by buying a mystery loot box and being lucky!

Also do not forget the challenges! Being already awake before the drone arrives for 30 consecutive days also grants an (entry-tier) microtransaction (available once per household, requires the same person to be awake every day), better ones are available for up to 730 consecutive days to give you a feeling of pride and accomplishment!

No no. A la carte usage like Uber. Create an account, schedule a time, scan your window, and then schedule as needed -- the drone will be there for a small fee.

Peak times -- i.e. 6am -- will, naturally, be priced hire to account for demand.

We'll beta test a "troll your neighbor" option for a 10x rate, but we'll let you wake up anyone within 300m of your location.

Use wifi or bluetooth to locate the sleeper, then have subscribing app users adjacent to the sleeper wake the sleeper.

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