are cottage industries scalable 
cottage industries generally aren t scalable by definition they re no longer cottage industries if they scale up the definition of success is different most cottage industries are intended to provide a decent income for a single individual or family there are the occasional breakout stars like burt s bees which got its start when a fed up photojournalist decided to move to rural maine and become a beekeeper but even burt needed a partner with bigger ambitions the bottom linecottage industries thrived in the pre industrial ages when people in remote areas were able to make a living though hardly an easy one by creating labor intensive products for larger businesses they appear to be thriving in modern times as well as niche businesses pop up in homes all over the world to serve the demand for high quality hand craftsmanship 