One of the ideas that I’ve been playing with for months is this notion that maybe Kevin Feige is a Cornered Resource.
Evidence: everyone else in the movie business is trying to create a cinematic universe, and everyone else is failing.
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Context: Cornered Resource here refers to one of Hamilton Helmer’s 7 Powers. It’s a durable competitive moat.
I don’t know how Feige is able to do what he does, or if it’s something else, but there’s something about Marvel that nobody else can seem to replicate.
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Friend: “Maybe his secret is that he can speak both corporatese and artist fluently. And that is his CAREER MOAT.”