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Economic Moat

#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

Revisiting What I Know About Efficient Scale, Cost Advantages, & Early Stage Technology Startups

January 9, 2016 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

This is the fourth post in my series of blog posts on economic moats. I have already written about Network Effects, Switching Costs, and Intangibles. In this post I will discuss how Cost Advantages and Efficient Scale might develop as an early stage startup travels through the discovery phase of its life-cycle. ((Any errors in appropriately […]

Filed Under: Strategy, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital Tagged With: Business Models, Competitive Strategy, Early Stage Startups, Economic Moat, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital

Revisiting What I Know About Intangibles & Startups

October 26, 2015 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

  This is the third post in my series of blog posts on economic moats. I have already written about Network Effects and Switching Costs. The remaining three sources of an economic moat are Cost Advantages, Efficient Scale, and Intangibles. ((Any errors in appropriately citing my sources are entirely mine. Let me know what you object […]

Filed Under: Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Funding, Innovation, Management, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital Tagged With: Brand, Business Model Canvas, Business Models, Due Diligence, Early Stage Startups, Economic Moat, Innovation, Intangibles, Intellectual Property, Investment Analysis, Margin of Safety, Persuasion, Strategy, Venture Capital

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