Scaling is hard. Really hard. As we have seen with the recent speed bumps at highfliers like Groupon and Zynga, taking “lean startups” from foundation to creating sustainable, scalable, profitable business models is a very rare and special task. So I’m highlighting a few companies outside of the Google/Amazon/Facebook pantheon that have built large, sustainable, profitable business models at scale.
The Secrets to TripAdvisor’s Impressive Scale
The company turns about half of every revenue dollar into profit.
October 02, 2012