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Bizarre. It's like starting a parking lot business by trying to accommodate every vehicle you see driving by your site over 6 months. You could have Winnebagos, tractor trailers and more bizarre vehicles, none of which you should consider as viable customers.


Yeah, I've encountered this quite few times, especially as a consultant; "We won't turn away ANYONE!!!"

Edit: Ok, now I'm laughing the idea of having a reserved parking spot for trucks hauling giant windmill blades.


Well, maybe that parking lot example will help you in the future to explain why this is a dumb approach. Expanding the customer base has its own costs, so you obviously want to target some point of optimal return (revenue from customer - cost to support customer), otherwise you're just shooting yourself in the foot.


yeah ... I'm noting this analogy for future discussions.


> a reserved parking spot for trucks hauling giant windmill blades.

With the rise of renewable energies, there might be a business case hiding here... ;-)




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