Ethan Brown calls the traditional requirement of a competitive moat "stupid"
Ethan Brown · Live Episode! Beyond Meat: Ethan Brown · Feb 16, 2017 · at 16:09
Beyond Meat founder Ethan Brown reflects on starting the company without industry credentials and dismisses traditional business school teachings regarding the necessity of moats and barriers to entry.
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“One of the things that they said was, you know, you have to have a competitive moat around what you're doing. There has to be some barrier to entry for others in order for you to have a successful business. And I thought that was, like, stupid, right?”
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