Moats Are Systems, Not Features: How to Build What Can't Be Copied Overnight
A competitor can clone your best feature in a sprint. They cannot clone the system of interlocking features, data loops, and switching costs that make your product irreplaceable. I'll walk through the three moat architectures that actually hold — and the one everyone builds that doesn't.
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