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The 12 Moats That Matter Now: Scot Wingo (NC Tweener Fund, ReFiBuy) Breaks Down Defensibility in the AI Era

Scot Wingo is a serial founder, General Partner at the NC Tweener Fund, and CEO of ReFiBuy. With decades of experience building and scaling companies in e-commerce and SaaS, he’s now focused on what it takes to win in the AI era.

In this episode, recorded live at Raleigh-Durham Startup Week, Scot shares a framework he developed while fundraising: the 12 competitive moats that matter now and why most startups get this wrong. The core idea: You’re not building a product anymore, you’re building a fortress.

Highlights

Proprietary data is the #1 moat: In the AI era, data isn’t just helpful, it’s…

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