A lot of startups that grow slowly use a consultancy model, offering consulting services in the area their startup is targeting, or on the Open Source tools the

A lot of startups that grow slowly use a consultancy model, offering consulting services in the area their startup is targeting, or on the Open Source tools their startup is leveraging. As you grow a product and get market fit you can slowly switch from service-oriented to product-oriented, or not, as you see fit. As I understand it, product-oriented tends to be more profitable.