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Update #01: White Paper | Towards A Supply Chain Operating System

October 21, 2017 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

  This update identifies areas of supply chain technology that will be sufficiently well served by existing relational database management systems, and enterprise resource planning systems. It also outlines areas of supply chain that distributed databases or ledgers are more suited for. Lastly, to avoid confusion Nahum Goldmann’s contact information is provided at the end. […]

Filed Under: Business Models, Computer Science, Innovation, Intellectual Explorations, Investing, Investment Themes, Investment Thesis, Lab Notes, Long Read, Mathematics, Organizational Behavior, Startups, Supply Chain, Technical Brief, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital Tagged With: Business Models, Business Strategy, Early Stage Startups, Innovation, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital

White Paper | Towards A Supply Chain Operating System

August 26, 2017 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

Note: This article does not necessarily reflect the opinion of KEC Ventures, or of other members of the KEC Ventures team. Supplying the world with nearly everything is an enormous and complex job: there are things to discuss.  – Rose George (2013-08-13). Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, […]

Filed Under: Business Models, Computer Science, Intellectual Explorations, Investment Themes, Investment Thesis, Lab Notes, Mathematics, Operations, Organizational Behavior, Startups, Technical Brief, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital Tagged With: Early Stage Startups, Innovation, Logistics & Supply Chain, Technology, Venture Capital, White Paper

#OpposingViewpoints: Do Economic Moats Happen By Accident?

August 15, 2016 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

Do economic moats occur naturally or by accident? I had never contemplated this question till Andy Rachleff graciously emailed me back after I sent him my presentation on economic moats seeking his comments about two weeks ago. Why did I email Andy? That’s a great question. In early 2010, when it started becoming clear that we […]

Filed Under: Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Startups, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital Tagged With: Business Models, Competitive Strategy, Early Stage Startups, Economic Moat, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Network Effect, Switching Costs, Venture Capital

Economic Moats – For Early-Stage Tech Startups (Presentation)

July 28, 2016 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

This presentation distills the essence of the following blog posts into a presentation format. The target audience is early-stage startup founders, and investors. Economic Moats Blog Post Series Network Effects Switching Costs Intangibles Efficient Scale, and Cost Advantages Connecting The Dots #OpposingViewpoints: Do Economic Moats Happen By Accident?

Filed Under: Business Models, Entrepreneurship, How and Why, Innovation, Startups, Strategy, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital Tagged With: Business Strategy, Competitive Strategy, Early Stage Startups, Economic Moat, Venture Capital

“Liking” Facebook’s Business Model – The #EconomicMoats Remix

March 10, 2016 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

Note: I published “Liking” Facebook’s Business Model on December 26, 20011 at Tekedia. This article updates that discussion by incorporating developments since then. It also folds in discussion of the economic moats that Facebook has developed around its business. Large segments of this article are exactly identical to the post that was published by Tekedia […]

Filed Under: Business Models, Case Studies, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Intellectual Explorations, Startups, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital Tagged With: Business Model Canvas, Business Models, Competitive Strategy, Early Stage Startups, Economic Moat, Investment Analysis, Long Read, Network Effect, Switching Costs, Venture Capital, Viral Growth, Viral Marketing

Connecting The Dots: Economic Moats & Early Stage Technology Startups

February 5, 2016 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

I started writing about economic moats in September 2014. Since then I have written about Network Effects, Switching Costs, Intangibles, and Efficient Scale and Cost Advantages. The purpose of those posts was to outline how I think about economic moats while I am studying a seed stage startup and trying to determine how things might unfold […]

Filed Under: Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Investment Thesis, Management, Startups, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital Tagged With: Business Strategy, Competitive Strategy, Economic Moat, Investment Analysis, Network Effect, Startups, Switching Costs

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