Flomenberg: Startups cannot maintain a fundamental algorithmic advantage in perpetuity
Jake Flomenberg · Venture Capital Investor Panel: Investing in Big Data (Data Driven NYC / FirstMark) · Sep 30, 2016 · at 6:30
Accel partner Jake Flomenberg argues that algorithmic superiority rarely serves as a durable competitive moat for enterprise analytics companies.
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“Do you think you're gonna have a fundamental algorithmic advantage in perpetuity or not? And in the vast majority of cases the answer is almost demonstrably no.”
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