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Switching Costs

#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

“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

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

Case Study: Fab – How Did That Happen?

November 27, 2014 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

Recent reports in the press about the problems Fab is facing got me thinking about the lessons one might learn from its meteoric rise and spectacular crash. Professional investors always give this disclaimer; Past performance does not necessarily guarantee or predict future results. Similarly, Fab’s experience is not necessarily a precedent that will always be […]

Filed Under: Business Models, Case Studies, Entrepreneurship, Funding, Innovation, Venture Capital Tagged With: Business Models, Case Study, Early Stage Startups, Economic Moat, How Did That, Strategy, Switching Costs, Venture Capital

Revisiting What I Know About Switching Costs & Startups

October 24, 2014 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

Switching costs are another aspect of a startup’s business model that I pay attention to. Together with Network Effect, Intangibles, Cost Advantages, and Efficient Scale they form the source of economic moats. ((Any errors in appropriately citing my sources are entirely mine. Let me know what you object to, and how I might fix the […]

Filed Under: Business Models, How and Why, Innovation, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital Tagged With: Early Stage Startups, Economic Moat, Long Read, Strategy, Switching Costs, Venture Capital

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