[ajaymehta]

Being a barber might not scale, but I would definitely call Supercuts [1] a startup when they were founded back in 1975.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercuts

[acchow]

That's what he was saying.

There was a post a few months ago about a guy who really liked hair styles. He was about to become a barber but had a conversation with a successful entrepreneur that made him realize that being a barber doesn't scale. He went on to build a hugely successful franchise.

[mseebach]

Starting a hair salon franchise > being a barber