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Investment Analysis

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 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

Notes on Strategy; For Early Stage Technology Startups

June 23, 2015 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

Alternate Title: What Can 24’s Jack Bauer Teach a Tech Startup Founder About Strategy?  Running a business without a strategy is like breathing air without oxygen. The purpose of this blog post is to attempt to synthesize certain fundamental lessons on strategy that are relevant for anyone trying to build a business. ((Let me know […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Business Model Canvas, Business Models, Business Strategy, Competitive Strategy, DNFD Strategy Framework, Early Stage Startups, Economic Moat, Game Theory, Goals Grid, Innovation, Investment Analysis, Long Read, Network Effect, Operations, Porter's 5 Forces, Switching Costs, Technology, Value Creation, Venture Capital

Notes On Early Stage Technology Investing; Art, Science, or Both?

June 18, 2015 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

Often when I have asked other people this question I get a response that leaves me feeling dissatisfied. It seems most investors are compelled to take one side over the other, and, at least as far as the admittedly small sample  of investors I have asked this question are concerned, insufficient thought is given to […]

Filed Under: Business Models, Innovation, Investing, Lab Notes, Lean Startup, Science, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital Tagged With: #InvestmentPhilosophy, #WorldView, Business Models, Early Stage Startups, Innovation, Investment Analysis, Long Read, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital

Revisiting What I Know About Network Effects & Startups

September 12, 2014 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

  ‘One IPO that is probably worth the hype.’ – Chris Beauchamp on the #  with @kerushton in the Telegraph. http://t.co/l8FqFRYwzJ — IG (@IGcom) September 1, 2014   The recently announced IPO of Alibaba got me thinking last week about network effects ((Any errors in appropriately citing my sources are entirely mine. Let me know what […]

Filed Under: Business Models, Case Studies, Entrepreneurship, How and Why, Innovation, Investment Analysis, Long Read, Technology, Valuation, Value Investing Tagged With: Direct-benefit Effects, Early Stage Startups, Economic Moat, Investment Analysis, Network Effect, Strategy, Value Creation, Venture Capital

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