If your investor doesn’t ask about your moat or assumes you’ll ‘figure it out’ later… run. Smart money wants defensibility from day one.
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Hey I am on Medial • 11d
Depends who’s asking. If it's a fintech or AI infra investor — yes, defensibility better be airtight. If it’s consumer or D2C? Sometimes distribution speed is the moat. Context matters. Don’t apply SaaS logic to everything.
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