A deep local presence can confer competitive advantages in industries with low entry barriers. Rollins typically commands the largest share in its markets, allowing it to service more houses per technician outing than competitors, resulting in greater labor productivity and scale economies on marketing and branch overhead. Fastenal clusters its stores near customers, permitting steady […]
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[UPWK] Upwork
Does Upwork have a future?
Upcoming posts (in no particular order): Upwork, Adyen, PayPal, Gartner, Verisk, maybe Visa/Mastercard A common [...]
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[scuttlebit] Thermo Fisher update
MBI and I recorded an episode of Never Sell recently (AI Doom, Veeva, Research and Writing) (Spotify, Apple, YouTube, RSS feed) [...]
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[scuttlebit] Danaher update
It’s been nearly three years since I last wrote up Danaher and Thermo Fisher, so [...]
Continue reading →[RYAN] Ryan Specialty
[RYAN] Ryan Specialty – the middlemen have middlemen
This is a companion piece to the Kinsale writeup from a few weeks ago, where [...]
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Continue reading →[MCO] Moody's Corp
S&P, Moody’s, and the limits of AI disruption: Part 2
I briefly discussed credit ratings in my S&P write-up. It’s a great business, we all [...]
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