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netcan on Dec 1, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Open Source: The Model Is Broken

That particular problem would imply that consultancies are not a scalable business. There are large consulting firms. So that seems off in one way or another.

sethg on Dec 2, 2008 [–]

You can build a small consultancy into a large one by hiring more bodies, and some firms have done that. But you don't get much economy of scale.

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