--- name: nick-sleep-scale-economies description: "Use when evaluating Nick Sleep-style long-term compounders: scale economies shared, customer obsession, low turnover, long runway, owner culture, and value creation through lower prices." invest: ./invest.md --- # Nick Sleep Scale Economies Shared Use this skill to apply Nick Sleep-style long-term compounding: find businesses that share scale economies with customers, widen their moat by lowering prices, and compound for years with minimal trading. ## When To Use - Amazon/Costco-style compounder analysis - Customer-value flywheel review - Long-term low-turnover portfolio decisions - Whether scale benefits are shared or extracted Trigger phrases include `Nick Sleep`, `Nomad`, `scale economies shared`, `Amazon`, `Costco`, `customer obsession`, and `long runway`. ## Process 1. Identify whether scale economies exist. 2. Determine whether savings are shared with customers or captured short-term. 3. Map flywheel: lower price, better experience, more volume, more scale. 4. Assess management time horizon and culture. 5. Ignore short-term valuation noise unless expectations are extreme. ## Output Format ```md # Nick Sleep View: [Company] ## Verdict Long-Term Own / Watch / Not Shared / Too Expensive / Pass ## Scale Economies Shared ## Customer Flywheel ## Culture And Time Horizon ## Reinvestment Runway ## Risks ``` ## Guardrails - Do not mistake scale for shared scale. - Do not overtrade long-duration compounders. - Do not ignore culture drift or customer value deterioration. ## Questflow Use In Questflow, this skill is best used for long-duration compounder identification and Fund thesis design.