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What are some businesses which are harder to scale compared to others?
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Swapnil D Puranik
Pitchery
Service, community are some of the businesses which I think are extremely hard to scale. Which others?
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Isaiah Trotter
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Hmmm, maybe marketplaces? I'm building one right now and boy is this a ride. Trying to acquire two customers in tandem is freaking hard.
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Anwar Baksh
Services business are harder to scale - typically requires a lot of human capital. Farms are also not easy to scale.
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Swapnil D Puranik
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Farms is such a great example, Anwar!
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