Ask HN: Business that should not scale
Having visited a few commercial dog kennels it was refreshing to find some neighbors who dog sit semi-regularly as a side business. Are there certain businesses or industries best kept small or local?
Network effects - If I created the first telephone network, the first phone is basically a paperweight, but the more customers I convince to buy, the more useful each phone is to my other customers.
Economies of scale - Similarly, if I have a car company, the more I scale, the more efficient I can become (I can invest more in engineering and machinery).
The opportunity is where someone or something causes a change in the underlying restriction such that an infrastructure can be built at scale. So the answer to your question depends on time and tech