Mike Lazerow: Tech Is No Longer a Moat, Attention Is
Mike Lazerow · How Billion-Dollar Businesses Actually Get Built · Apr 13, 2026 · at 18:06
Serial entrepreneur and investor Mike Lazerow discusses why software commoditization has shifted business moats away from technology toward media, attention capture, and demand generation.
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“Tech is no longer a competitive advantage. It is an enabler of other advantages. And so to me, the biggest You know, what it's all about is demand generation. So the next generation of great companies will be those who turn attention into demand at scale. And that's the only thing that matters when a 13 year old can rebuild your software in 13 minutes, you know, anyone can.”
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