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B Basic

  • Is the market worth entering?8m
  • Who competes, and can the client win?Pro8m
  • Growth strategy: where to growPro8m

A Advanced

  • Entry economics: ramp, cannibalization, and NPVPro10m
  • How incumbents respondPro9m
  • Pilots and the go decisionPro9m
  • FlashcardsPro0/15
  • Basic quizPro80% passes
  • Advanced quizPro80% passes
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Market entry and growth strategy

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Judge a market, place the client against the competition, pick where to grow, then work the entry economics, the incumbent's response, and a pilot that tests the riskiest assumption.

BBasic3 lessons

  1. 1Is the market worth entering?A big market is not the same as an attractive one. Size, growth, profit pool, and structure each answer a different part of the question.8 min
  2. 2Who competes, and can the client win?ProWinning comes from serving the purchase criteria customers care about better or cheaper than the incumbents. Score both sides on those criteria, weighted by what customers value.8 min
  3. 3Growth strategy: where to growProGrowth cases ask how a client hits a revenue target. Start with the gap, then fill it from the options closest to the core before reaching for anything new.8 min
  4. QBasic quizPro10 questions, 80% passes

AAdvanced3 lessons

  1. 4Entry economics: ramp, cannibalization, and NPVProReal entries ramp up over years, steal from the client's own products, and pay back over time. A clean case answer handles all three.10 min
  2. 5How incumbents respondProThe entry plan assumes share the incumbents will fight for. Work out what they gain from fighting versus accommodating, because that decides whether they will.9 min
  3. 6Pilots and the go decisionProWhen the case hinges on an uncertain assumption, the best recommendation is often a cheap test with a clear rule for what happens next. Expected value shows what the test is worth.9 min
  4. QAdvanced quizPro10 questions, 80% passes