Starting Your Start-Up”Book 3: Competitive Analysis is the third e-book in the Starting Your Start-Up series, by author Tanya Candia. Candia has more than 25 years of experience in engineering, project management and marketing. She has worked with hundreds of start-ups around the world, helping them to build successful companies and grow market share. This e-book series is intended to make entrepreneurs aware of, and help them address their markets.
Book 3: Competitive Analysis is designed for the engineer or entrepreneur who has a great product or service idea, but no real marketing expertise. It gives advice on how to map out the competitive landscape, discern the product’s compelling value, and sell against any and all competitors.
This e-book will explain and give examples of: why competitive information really matters; how to define the competition”from narrow to broad; ways to determine competitive value; how to define basic competitive landscape; methods for evaluating competition; how to deal with requests for a competitive matrix; best practices for communicating the product’s value; how to beat the competition; and methods for staying current with competitive knowledge.
Candia shares: The exercises and explanations in Book3: Competitive Analysis should help the entrepreneur determine their initial target market, understand the buyer, and develop a strong go-to-market approach. It should also arm the entrepreneur with the tools needed to withstand the pressures, and go after a broad, unfocused market”¦
Other e-books in this series include:
- Book1: Developing a Business Plan-designed to show entrepreneurs how to develop an initial business plan that contains just enough information to get started. The book helps to define concepts clearly and concisely, build an effective elevator pitch, communicate the project, determine company positioning, and identify critical success factors.
- Book 2: Market Size and Strategy“helps build out the initial plan; and assists in finding the real market size–even when dealing with disruptive technology–where market-size data is hard to come by. It helps entrepreneurs better understand their target buyers; and how to communicate the value of their product or service, increasing the probability of early and ongoing sales.
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