"that Groupon isn't a scaleable business, since it requires an army of salespeople to negotiate deals with retailers" Requiring people doesn't make it non-scal

"that Groupon isn't a scaleable business, since it requires an army of salespeople to negotiate deals with retailers" Requiring people doesn't make it non-scalable. Doesn't McDonalds scale? If you have a process to acquire, train and retain sales personnel, it can be made to scale. 'Scale' != 'throw more/better hard/software at it'.