7 Powers
by Hamilton Helmer
Helmer's strategy framework: seven sources of durable advantage, scale economies, network economies, counter-positioning, switching costs, branding, cornered resource and process power, each defined by a benefit and a barrier. Rigorous, short and used by Netflix and Spotify leadership.
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Three things you will actually use
- Power needs a benefit and a barrier.
- Counter-positioning explains why incumbents cannot copy.
- Most advantages are not powers.
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Name which of the seven powers your business has, and if none, what you are building toward.
Our verdict
Rigorous advantage test.
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