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My impression is that "sell consulting support for open-source products" is a good business model for the individual consultant (in the sense that if you're goo
by sethg 18y ago
My impression is that "sell consulting support for open-source products" is a good business model for the individual consultant (in the sense that if you're good at it you can make a decent living at it). It's not such a good business model for an investor looking for growth, because the consultants don't leave behind much profit for the investor, and the only way the consulting firm can grow its revenues is by hiring more consultants.
- netcan 18y agoThat 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 18y agoYou 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.