Sustaining Differentiation
Build lasting moats and avoid the commoditization trap
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Section 4 of 5Building Sustainable Moats
Differentiation is only valuable if you can sustain it. Moats are the defensive barriers that protect your competitive advantage from being eroded by competitors. The best products combine multiple moats.
"The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry will affect society, but rather determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the durability of that advantage." — Warren Buffett
🏰 Moat Builder
Select up to 3 moat types to build your defense strategy.
⚠️ Commoditization Risks
📋 Feature Copying
Competitors replicate your features, erasing differentiation.
✅ Solution
Focus on experience and execution, not just features. Build brand and community.
Continuous Innovation
Even the strongest moats erode over time. The only true sustainable advantage is a culture of continuous innovation:
- •Stay close to customers — anticipate needs before competitors
- •Cannibalize yourself — disrupt your own products before others do
- •Invest in R&D — dedicate resources to long-term innovation