Defensibility

Intermediate 🚀 Startup / VC

Definition

A venture capitalist's way of asking 'why won't everyone else just copy your idea in six months?' Often answered with 'moat' or 'network effects,' which are sometimes real.

Example Usage

The VC asked about our defensibility, so we explained our proprietary algorithm, which is really just a spreadsheet with some formulas.

Source: Venture capital terminology

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