Moats and ditches from brand and generic traffic

Doordash and Airbnb have some things in common and are very different in others. That makes them interesting case study subjects for brand differentiation, moats, and ditches.

One habit I stopped when the Covid pandemic broke out was staying at Airbnbs. One that I started was ordering groceries through Doordash. And yet, both recently went public with major success. Airbnb…