Arbitrage

Noun · Startup & VC

Definitions

  1. Profit generated by exploiting a difference in price, cost, or valuation between two markets or channels. In startups the term is used broadly for structural advantages, not just strict financial trades.

    In plain English: Making money by taking advantage of price differences or mismatches.

    Example: "Their original model was really labor arbitrage wrapped in software language."

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