What is competitive advantage?

When is a large user base a competitive advantage, and what happened to those who lost it?

  • A large userbase leads to possible large revenue streams, but when is it a competitive advantage and when is it not? or is it just a competitive advantage while you have it? Consider the case where the user base of Myspace switched to Facebook, or when wesabe lost to mint.

  • Answer:

    A large user base in itself is not a competitive advantage.  For it to be an advantage, the users must be connected and that connection must create some sort of leverage or value.

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