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Blitzscaling principles can be applied to traditional sectors like manufacturing or retail in several ways. Firstly, these sectors can focus on rapid scaling by investing in technology and automation to increase production capacity and efficiency. Secondly, they can leverage data analytics to understand customer behavior and tailor their products or services accordingly. Thirdly, they can adopt innovative business models to disrupt the traditional ways of doing business. However, it's important to note that blitzscaling involves high risks and it's crucial to ensure operational scalability to handle rapid growth.
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In addition to the four growth factors, there are two obstacles that can limit the company's growth. The first is a lack of product/market fit; have you really discovered a nonobvious market opportunity where you have a unique advantage or approach? The second is operational scalability. For example, Friendster was the first online social network that grew to millions of users within months; but its servers couldn't handle the volume and it was soon over-taken by MySpace (which in turn lost out to Facebook). Tesla Motors' growth has been held back by infrastructure limitations.
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