Comments on: Ten Ways to Build Moats to Hold Back Competition http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/ Special situation stocks and value investing Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Great Businesses According to Buffett - Fat Pitch Financials http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-218983 Great Businesses According to Buffett - Fat Pitch Financials Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:40:50 +0000 http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/#comment-218983 [...] costs, the network effect and toll bridges. I discussed these barriers to entry in my review of Ten Ways to Build Moats to Hold Back Competition. The key is that these moats need to be “enduring” in order to avoid the creative [...] [...] costs, the network effect and toll bridges. I discussed these barriers to entry in my review of Ten Ways to Build Moats to Hold Back Competition. The key is that these moats need to be “enduring” in order to avoid the creative [...]

]]> By: Michael Anuzis » Sharing Advice http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-5617 Michael Anuzis » Sharing Advice Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:31:20 +0000 http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/#comment-5617 [...] 56. 5 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Should Workout by Eric 57. Top 10 Crowdsourcing Companies by Daniel 58. Lists for Math Teachers and Other Educators by Damon 59. Jumpstart your Real Estate blog (or any other blog for that matter) by phd 60. How Not to Lose Your Ass - Customer Satisfaction by Charlie 61. How to Ruin Your Corporate Blog: 100 Tips by 10 Bloggers by Easton 62. 7 Things to do at the office under the Radar by Tom 63. Business Needs Passion by Anna 64. Top 10 Women Real Estate Bloggers by Rudolph 65. 10 Questions to Ask Before You Work At a Startup by Nate 66. The architects Pen by Calvin 67. Become a Consultant - Big List of Reasons by Andrea 68. Setting Up a Home Office - 5 Things You Need and 5 Things You Want by Home Office Blues 69. Starting Your Own Business? Keep these things in Mind! by Jennifer 70. 5 Clues that Your Home Office Has Too Much Clutter by Culleann 71. Ten Ways to Build Moats to Hold Back the Competition by George 72. 3 Problems Business Bloggers Face by Ahmed 73. Best of Small Biz Survival by Becky 74. Best Current Deals, Promotions, and Sign Up Bonuses by Jason 75. 5 Ways to Improve your Affiliate Sales by Chris 76. 10 Ways to Have a Horrible Seminar by Sue 77. 10 Things You Find in Every Office by Tao 78. How to Screw Up Hiring a Newbie by Pawel 79. My Top 4 Mistakes as an Entrepreneur by Ben 80. Cumbaya Management Essentials by Peter 81. NO!SPEC Campaign: Rundown and Roundup by Cat 82. 10 minus 3 steps on how to become an Oracle ERP Consultant? by Nilesh 83. Apprehending REaltor 2.0: Seven essential skills of the 21st century real estate agent by Greg 84. Graphical Visualization - Making Sense Out of Data by Jim 85. 5 games industry job interview tips by Rick 86. Layoff - The Need by Scot [...] [...] 56. 5 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Should Workout by Eric 57. Top 10 Crowdsourcing Companies by Daniel 58. Lists for Math Teachers and Other Educators by Damon 59. Jumpstart your Real Estate blog (or any other blog for that matter) by phd 60. How Not to Lose Your Ass – Customer Satisfaction by Charlie 61. How to Ruin Your Corporate Blog: 100 Tips by 10 Bloggers by Easton 62. 7 Things to do at the office under the Radar by Tom 63. Business Needs Passion by Anna 64. Top 10 Women Real Estate Bloggers by Rudolph 65. 10 Questions to Ask Before You Work At a Startup by Nate 66. The architects Pen by Calvin 67. Become a Consultant – Big List of Reasons by Andrea 68. Setting Up a Home Office – 5 Things You Need and 5 Things You Want by Home Office Blues 69. Starting Your Own Business? Keep these things in Mind! by Jennifer 70. 5 Clues that Your Home Office Has Too Much Clutter by Culleann 71. Ten Ways to Build Moats to Hold Back the Competition by George 72. 3 Problems Business Bloggers Face by Ahmed 73. Best of Small Biz Survival by Becky 74. Best Current Deals, Promotions, and Sign Up Bonuses by Jason 75. 5 Ways to Improve your Affiliate Sales by Chris 76. 10 Ways to Have a Horrible Seminar by Sue 77. 10 Things You Find in Every Office by Tao 78. How to Screw Up Hiring a Newbie by Pawel 79. My Top 4 Mistakes as an Entrepreneur by Ben 80. Cumbaya Management Essentials by Peter 81. NO!SPEC Campaign: Rundown and Roundup by Cat 82. 10 minus 3 steps on how to become an Oracle ERP Consultant? by Nilesh 83. Apprehending REaltor 2.0: Seven essential skills of the 21st century real estate agent by Greg 84. Graphical Visualization – Making Sense Out of Data by Jim 85. 5 games industry job interview tips by Rick 86. Layoff – The Need by Scot [...]

]]> By: Lists Group Writing Project - Categorized http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-5591 Lists Group Writing Project - Categorized Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:26:04 +0000 http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/#comment-5591 [...] 56. 5 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Should Workout by Eric 57. Top 10 Crowdsourcing Companies by Daniel 58. Lists for Math Teachers and Other Educators by Damon 59. Jumpstart your Real Estate blog (or any other blog for that matter) by phd 60. How Not to Lose Your Ass - Customer Satisfaction by Charlie 61. How to Ruin Your Corporate Blog: 100 Tips by 10 Bloggers by Easton 62. 7 Things to do at the office under the Radar by Tom 63. Business Needs Passion by Anna 64. Top 10 Women Real Estate Bloggers by Rudolph 65. 10 Questions to Ask Before You Work At a Startup by Nate 66. The architects Pen by Calvin 67. Become a Consultant - Big List of Reasons by Andrea 68. Setting Up a Home Office - 5 Things You Need and 5 Things You Want by Home Office Blues 69. Starting Your Own Business? Keep these things in Mind! by Jennifer 70. 5 Clues that Your Home Office Has Too Much Clutter by Culleann 71. Ten Ways to Build Moats to Hold Back the Competition by George 72. 3 Problems Business Bloggers Face by Ahmed 73. Best of Small Biz Survival by Becky 74. Best Current Deals, Promotions, and Sign Up Bonuses by Jason 75. 5 Ways to Improve your Affiliate Sales by Chris 76. 10 Ways to Have a Horrible Seminar by Sue 77. 10 Things You Find in Every Office by Tao 78. How to Screw Up Hiring a Newbie by Pawel 79. My Top 4 Mistakes as an Entrepreneur by Ben 80. Cumbaya Management Essentials by Peter 81. NO!SPEC Campaign: Rundown and Roundup by Cat 82. 10 minus 3 steps on how to become an Oracle ERP Consultant? by Nilesh 83. Apprehending REaltor 2.0: Seven essential skills of the 21st century real estate agent by Greg 84. Graphical Visualization - Making Sense Out of Data by Jim 85. 5 games industry job interview tips by Rick 86. Layoff - The Need by Scot [...] [...] 56. 5 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Should Workout by Eric 57. Top 10 Crowdsourcing Companies by Daniel 58. Lists for Math Teachers and Other Educators by Damon 59. Jumpstart your Real Estate blog (or any other blog for that matter) by phd 60. How Not to Lose Your Ass – Customer Satisfaction by Charlie 61. How to Ruin Your Corporate Blog: 100 Tips by 10 Bloggers by Easton 62. 7 Things to do at the office under the Radar by Tom 63. Business Needs Passion by Anna 64. Top 10 Women Real Estate Bloggers by Rudolph 65. 10 Questions to Ask Before You Work At a Startup by Nate 66. The architects Pen by Calvin 67. Become a Consultant – Big List of Reasons by Andrea 68. Setting Up a Home Office – 5 Things You Need and 5 Things You Want by Home Office Blues 69. Starting Your Own Business? Keep these things in Mind! by Jennifer 70. 5 Clues that Your Home Office Has Too Much Clutter by Culleann 71. Ten Ways to Build Moats to Hold Back the Competition by George 72. 3 Problems Business Bloggers Face by Ahmed 73. Best of Small Biz Survival by Becky 74. Best Current Deals, Promotions, and Sign Up Bonuses by Jason 75. 5 Ways to Improve your Affiliate Sales by Chris 76. 10 Ways to Have a Horrible Seminar by Sue 77. 10 Things You Find in Every Office by Tao 78. How to Screw Up Hiring a Newbie by Pawel 79. My Top 4 Mistakes as an Entrepreneur by Ben 80. Cumbaya Management Essentials by Peter 81. NO!SPEC Campaign: Rundown and Roundup by Cat 82. 10 minus 3 steps on how to become an Oracle ERP Consultant? by Nilesh 83. Apprehending REaltor 2.0: Seven essential skills of the 21st century real estate agent by Greg 84. Graphical Visualization – Making Sense Out of Data by Jim 85. 5 games industry job interview tips by Rick 86. Layoff – The Need by Scot [...]

]]> By: Chris Harris http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-5429 Chris Harris Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:22:34 +0000 http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/#comment-5429 Great blog! Moats are the best way to "predict" an economic winner. All of the future projections and NPV calculations are meaningless if the competitive horizon changes - and moats are your way of figuring out how impervious they are to change. Great blog! Moats are the best way to “predict” an economic winner. All of the future projections and NPV calculations are meaningless if the competitive horizon changes – and moats are your way of figuring out how impervious they are to change.

]]> By: Working at Home on the Internet http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-5210 Working at Home on the Internet Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:49:51 +0000 http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/#comment-5210 [...] 45. Ten Ways to Build Moats to Hold Back Competition… Fat Pitch Financials [...] [...] 45. Ten Ways to Build Moats to Hold Back Competition… Fat Pitch Financials [...]

]]> By: George http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-5154 George Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:26:48 +0000 http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/#comment-5154 Josh - Innovative products are good but you have to be able to protect them from being copied. That's were the role of copyrights, patents, and trade secrets come into play. Google's approach has been to innovate but I think they are already working on building up a brand franchise. The protective moats that copyrights and patents don't last forever, so it is important to build up other moats. Josh – Innovative products are good but you have to be able to protect them from being copied. That’s were the role of copyrights, patents, and trade secrets come into play. Google’s approach has been to innovate but I think they are already working on building up a brand franchise. The protective moats that copyrights and patents don’t last forever, so it is important to build up other moats.

]]> By: Josh Maher http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-5146 Josh Maher Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:31:12 +0000 http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/#comment-5146 what about innovative products...... a la Google's approach? http://joshmaher.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/top-ten-reasons-you-should-not-blog/ what about innovative products…… a la Google’s approach?

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]]> By: MamaDuck http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-5113 MamaDuck Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:35:04 +0000 http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/#comment-5113 Excellent ideas, thanks for sharing! Our list is up if you’d like to look - http://lilduckduck.com/ducky-moments-in-time/240 - have a great day! Excellent ideas, thanks for sharing! Our list is up if you’d like to look – http://lilduckduck.com/ducky-moments-in-time/240 – have a great day!

]]> By: 82 More Lists - Group Writing Project Reader Submissions Part III http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-5103 82 More Lists - Group Writing Project Reader Submissions Part III Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:51:04 +0000 http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/369/ten-ways-to-build-moats-to-hold-back-competition/#comment-5103 [...] Ten Ways to Build Moats to Hold Back the Competition by George [...] [...] Ten Ways to Build Moats to Hold Back the Competition by George [...]

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