Your Venture’s Unfair Advantage

1.     Human Capital

a.     V: highly valuable for management reasons

b.     R: not really rare with most ventures

c.     I: can be hard to copy depending on the level of the business and those that work in it

d.     N: cannot be substituted, highly necessary

2.     Social Capital

a.     V: highly valuable to create a brand name and create relationships with consumers

b.     R: rare in certain circumstances depending on the business

c.     I: genuine social capital cannot be imitated because its real connections

d.     N: cannot be substituted

3.     Financial Capital

a.     V: valuable so that the venture can operate

b.     R: not rare, commonplace among ventures

c.     I: cannot be imitated because a real necessity

d.     N: cannot be substituted

4.     Physical capital

a.     V: valuable so that the venture can produce the necessary means to box product  

b.     R: not rare, commonplace among ventures for packaging and creating products

c.     I: cannot be imitated because a real necessity

d.     N: can be substituted or circumvented because suppliers and middlemen   

5.     Workforce

a.     V: not too valuable because size of workforce depends on scale and necessity of the business, can be a one man operation 

b.     R: not rare, commonplace for all businesses

c.     I: can be imitated using machinery and computers 

d.     N: can be substituted for machines 

6.     Technology

a.     V: valuable so that the venture can operate in modern day and age

b.     R: not rare, commonplace in today’s modern era

c.     I: can be imitated by various software  

d.     N: cannot be substituted because necessary to reach markets nowadays

7.     Mindset

a.     V: valuable for healthy relations among staff and consumers

b.     R: sometimes rare depending on industry or field

c.     I: can be imitated by false people 

d.     N: can be substituted by automation 

8.     Comfort

a.     V: valuable so that staff are at peak performance

b.     R: rare because of bad workplace values

c.     I: cannot be imitated because a real necessity

d.     N: cannot be substituted

9.     Integrity

a.     V: valuable to keep business margins up and importance of core values of businesses

b.     R: rare because most businesses look out for best solutions for them rather than the consumer

c.     I: can be imitated by false promises and fake people  

d.     N: can be substituted by sneaky marketing and propping up of false facts

10.  Youth

a.     V: not too valuable because all businesses can succeed no matter age  

b.     R: not rare, many ventures have young professionals

c.     I: cannot be imitated because youth is biological

d.     N: can be substituted not necessary to success

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