
The Market
Market Research, Competition & Opportunity
Most businesses do not die because the founder was lazy. They die because the founder built something wonderful for a market that was never there. Learn to size a market, read an industry, map every competitor, find the gap, judge the timing and decide whether to enter.
What you get
The book, in two editions
A print-size edition (137 pages) and a phone-size edition (216 pages), both as PDF. 13 chapters.
Practice Lab
Twelve tabs, one honest decision. Opens in any browser. Your answers stay on your device.
The Market Calculators
Top-down and bottom-up market sizing, a primary research tracker, a wave-or-ripple trend score, a competitor mapping grid, moat scoring and a pricing gap test.
The Market Workbook
A 41-page printable workbook to fill in with your own numbers.
The $2.50 is the book alone. The tools above come with Everything ($15), which also includes all 10 books.
Inside the book
13 chapters.
Part One · The Ground
- 1What Is a Market?
- 2TAM, SAM and SOM
- 3How to Research an Industry
- 4Finding Market Trends
Part Two · The Battlefield
- 5Understanding Competitors
- 6Direct vs Indirect Competition
- 7Competitive Advantage
Part Three · The Opening
- 8Market Gaps and White Spaces
- 9Barriers to Entry
- 10Market Timing: The Question of “Why Now”
Part Four · The Proof
- 11Competitive Positioning
- 12Validating Demand
- 13Deciding Whether to Enter the Market