Originally Posted by jayeff

No business model exists - in any industry - which isn't transparent or becomes so with a little digging. Yet even when the model is a very simple one which could be described in a few lines, more who attempt it will fail than succeed. The reason is that any reasonable business model has the potential to succeed, however its success is not determined by the visible, broad stroaks, but by the nuances which the operators (sometimes unwittingly) apply behind the scenes.