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Cover of 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy by Hamilton Helmer

7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy

Hamilton Helmer · 2016
Mentioned 18 times across 9 podcasts · 2020–2026
Mention timeline7 mentions
20202026
Where it's mentioned Acquired · 7×
2026
Costco
Acquired · Jan 2026
“which is adapted from Hamilton Helmer's Seven Powers book, which is an amazing framework for business strategy”
2025
Google Part I: Origins of Search
Acquired · Jun 2025
“And for new listeners to the show, this is based on a book called Seven Powers by Hamilton Helmer”
Epic Systems (MyChart)
Acquired · Apr 2025
“The question is What is it about any given business that allows them to achieve persistent differential returns? Or to be more profitable than their closest competitor. on a sustainable basis. And there's seven of these. There's counter positioning, scale economies, switching costs. Network economies, process power, branding, and cornered resource. And as usual. We have to separate the takeoff phase. from the phase that they're in today”
2023
Lockheed Martin
Acquired · May 2023
“this is adapted from a framework that Hamilton Helmer created in his book Seven Powers”
2021
Special: Amazon Unbound (with Brad Stone)
Acquired · May 2021
“I'm number one on Seven Powers, right”
2020
Special: Invest Like the Best on Acquired
Acquired · Oct 2020
“like, Hey, there's this book in this guy, Hamilton Elmer. Best kept secret in Silicon Valley. This is a fantastic book. And so I listened to that. I picked up the book. I was like, Ben, you gotta read this book”
Adapting Episode 3: Intel
Acquired · May 2020
“In the words of the Hamilton Helmer from her. great LP episode in his book Seven Powers”