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Use the same models from the best-selling book, MOAT Stacking, to identify your competitive advantages and a strategy to fortify your moat.
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The Framework
Discover, Strengthen & Stack
Your Competitive Moats
Our systematic approach identifies hidden advantages, reinforces your strongest moats, and builds new ones — compounding your competitive position over time.
The Framework
Built on Frameworks From the World's Top Strategists
After researching the top business strategies for business growth from the last 50 years, I discovered something interesting. Many of the models they use to grow are the same - just with different names.
I combined these time-tested models into a single framework to grow your business. This framework helps you Identify, Edify, and Fortify the moats that actually grow your business.
Competitive Strategy
Michael Porter
Good to Great
Jim Collins
7 Powers
Hamilton Helmer
Blue Ocean Strategy
Kim & Mauborgne
Zero to One
Peter Thiel
Built to Last
Jim Collins
The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton Christensen
Scaling Up
Verne Harnish
Playing to Win
Roger Martin
The Hedgehog Concept
Jim Collins
Competitive Strategy
Michael Porter
Good to Great
Jim Collins
7 Powers
Hamilton Helmer
Blue Ocean Strategy
Kim & Mauborgne
Zero to One
Peter Thiel
Built to Last
Jim Collins
The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton Christensen
Scaling Up
Verne Harnish
Playing to Win
Roger Martin
The Hedgehog Concept
Jim Collins
Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey Moore
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
High Output Management
Andrew Grove
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Blitzscaling
Reid Hoffman
The Advantage
Patrick Lencioni
Measure What Matters
John Doerr
Only the Paranoid Survive
Andy Grove
The Outsiders
William Thorndike
Traction
Gino Wickman
Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey Moore
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
High Output Management
Andrew Grove
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Blitzscaling
Reid Hoffman
The Advantage
Patrick Lencioni
Measure What Matters
John Doerr
Only the Paranoid Survive
Andy Grove
The Outsiders
William Thorndike
Traction
Gino Wickman
E-Myth Revisited
Michael Gerber
Start with Why
Simon Sinek
Rework
Jason Fried
The Goal
Eliyahu Goldratt
Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
The McKinsey Way
Ethan Rasiel
Profit from the Core
Chris Zook
The Innovators
Walter Isaacson
Competitive Advantage
Michael Porter
E-Myth Revisited
Michael Gerber
Start with Why
Simon Sinek
Rework
Jason Fried
The Goal
Eliyahu Goldratt
Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
The McKinsey Way
Ethan Rasiel
Profit from the Core
Chris Zook
The Innovators
Walter Isaacson
Competitive Advantage
Michael Porter
Certification Program
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For Coaches & Consultants
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The Founder
About Dave Sattler
With over 25 years of professional and entrepreneurial experience, Dave Sattler has helped underperforming brands become profitable, defensible ventures. Using a blend of proven frameworks, Dave strategically identifies areas that can drive margin and growth.
What sets Dave apart is the rare combination of upstream strategic expertise in brand strategy, operational analysis, and product development. The Moat Stacking framework drives clarity and increases visibility to the actual drivers of competitive advantage.
