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Skill × Audience = Moat
Build where what you love overlaps with who you already know.
How it works
- 1List what you're good at or love.
- 2List the people you already know how to talk to.
- 3Build where they overlap. Ryan couldn't teach like a monk, but he can coach founders.
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