From a start up business, at the one man operation mode, to the expansion with one or more partners whom are always on the move with no real need for a permanent location and the associated costs.
This is a method practiced even by Multi National Companies where by the pool and centralise their resources to save cost and get most efficiency via the fact of maximising the practiced easy with expertise of individual reusable skills.
Thus reducing cost of redundancy, providing continuous employment and more.
This is one method for smaller organisation to achieve the above. It also then allows the business person to maximise their time to secure their business in the area their expertise is appreciated. Slowly gathering the knowledge in the other areas that complement a full fledge business support organisation such as receptionist, accounts clerks just to name a few.
It also can provide the smaller business owner a smoother momentum towards understanding and scaling his organisations learning level at a pace they can manage, taking on the work that brings the most benefit to the business.