moat

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 16, 2020 by Courtland Allen · across every show →

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Apr 16, 2020
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Allen: Software product features provide a weak competitive moat
“You know, another mode that's really not that solid is product. And I think more and more founders are getting away from thinking that their product is something that others can't copy. People are pretty good at writing code nowadays. They're pretty fast.”
Courtland Allen Apr 16, 2020 ▶ 13:01 Bonus Episode: What Courtland Allen Has Learned Interviewing 155 Startup Founders
Jul 21, 2026 neutral
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Walling: Code alone was never a defensible moat in software
“A clone with little or no distribution is a folder on someone's laptop. It always was. The moat was never the code. It was everything you added to the code.”
Rob Walling Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 12:33 Episode 842 | What is the Future of SaaS in an AI World? (Rob Sol...
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