Scale Economies

topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes

Lenny's Podcast 20VC Acquired

3 statements about Scale Economies, every show

ACQUIRED Insight
Gilbert: Rolex's High Quality Stems Directly From Unmatched Scale Economies
“The reason why they truly are among the very highest quality watches in the world is because they throw their scale economies around. They do absolutely unreasonable things to engineer and build and test these watches that other people in the industry just can…”
Ben Gilbert Feb 24, 2025 ▶ 4:30:36 Rolex (Audio) · Acquired
Helmer: Achieving true scale economies through data is rare
“People often think that they get scale economies through data. And I'd say that that's possible, but it's rare. And the reason it's rare is not because there aren't scale economies in data, but rather that the range of scale that the existing competitors have…”
Hamilton Helmer May 5, 2024 ▶ 22:55 Business strategy with Hamilton Helmer (author of 7 Powers)
20VC Insight
Helmer: True scale economies providing defensible power are extremely rare
“Really powerful scale economies. There are many instances of it, but in terms of being the source of power against all the types of competitors you have to consider, they're much rarer than you would think.”
Hamilton Helmer May 18, 2020 ▶ 13:57 20VC: 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy: Deconstructing Economies of Scale, How To Assess True Market Size, Assessing Risk vs Uncertainty, What "Brand As Power" Really Means with Hamilton Helmer, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Offi

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