The Walmart Effect
Definition
The least you need to know
The Walmart Effect is the trap a young organization falls into when it lands one massive customer and grows dependent on it. The customer is so big it feels like a market, but it is really a single point of failure. The owner thinks they have a profitable, sustainable market when what they actually have is a very profitable, unsustainable single customer, and that mistake can disguise Early Struggle as Fun.
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