This week’s podcast is about Barriers to Entry, which is one of my 6 levels of competition.

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Here is my new book:

• Moats and Marathons (Part 1): How to Build and Measure Competitive Advantage in Digital Businesses Kindle Edition

Most of my favorite businesses have key operating assets that can’t be easily built, bought, or transferred. This turns out to be an interesting list. Think about:

• Reputation, loyalty, and love.
• Personal customer relationships.
• Intellectual property, creative activities, and rare technical abilities.
• Certain technologies, scientific capabilities, and trade secrets.
• Certain physical assets.
• Physical and digital networks.

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• Adobe Inc. and the Power of Old School Software Economics (Asia Tech Strategy – Podcast 81)

From the Concept Library, concepts for this article are:

• 6 Levels of Competition
• Barriers to Entry
• Cost Timing and Difficulty of Entry?

From the Company Library, companies for this article are:

• n/a

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I write and speak about digital competition and China / Asia’s leading tech companies.

My book Moats and Marathons details how to measure competitive advantage in digital businesses.

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