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Core path

Build a Durable Business

Move past the product and learn what actually makes a company last: model and moat.

Who this is for

Founders, operators, and strategists who want to build something that competitors can't easily copy.

What you'll get

You'll be able to choose a business model, identify the moat you're building, and defend it.

The path

Step 1 · Businesses

Costco

See a model so aligned with customers that rivals can't copy it without self-harm.

Step 2 · Moats

Counter-Positioning

Name why incumbents stay trapped while a challenger with a new model wins.

Step 3 · Business Models

Membership

Study the specific model behind that advantage — profit from the fee, not the markup.

Step 4 · Businesses

NVIDIA

See a software-and-ecosystem moat that took two decades to build.

Step 5 · Moats

Network Economies

Understand the force that makes the biggest network win by default.

Step 6 · Business Models

Platform Ecosystem

Learn to build the stage others perform on — and take a share.

Step 7 · Frameworks

Blue Ocean Strategy

Finally, learn to sidestep rivalry entirely by creating new market space.

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