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by didip 1655 days ago
When Pg told people to build a business that doesn’t scale, he meant this.
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PG did NOT tell people to build businesses that don't scale. He told people to OPERATE businesses in ways that don't scale. That is of course true for this business - the overall model scales extremely well, but obviously what they're doing at the moment isn't scaleable. It is however an excellent proof of concept of the business model.
Well, this business scales easily, what am I missing?
I think the point is that him sending out notebooks (he only has 100 of) doesn't scale.
I . . . Bet he could buy more . . .
Ordering from an established supplier connection (in China) scales.
just wait 2 decades and maybe he'll be top1 online shop