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At no point is a "moat" defined! Perhaps I am in the minority but I thought this was going to be about medieval castle defences.
by bcraven 4y ago
At no point is a "moat" defined! Perhaps I am in the minority but I thought this was going to be about medieval castle defences.
- FreakLegion 4y agoThe first three sentences: > 1. “We have to have a business with some inherent characteristics that give it a durable competitive advantage.” Professor Michael Porter calls barriers to market entry that a business may have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger call them a “moat.”
- relix 4y agoIt's in the first point: "durable competitive advantage, or moats"
- lotsofpulp 4y agoThings that restrict competition, such as government protected monopoly like copyright or patents, or licensing such as certificates of need for hospitals or even the residency process to become a doctor (in the US), or land with advantageous properties that other land cannot replication (i.e. location). Or simply doing something that requires so much expertise that it requires tens of billions of dollars and decades for others to catch up, such as what TSMC/ASML/Apple/etc.