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There's Always Room For Value (Part 2 - Competition)

There's Always Room For Value (Part 2 - Competition)

Omer Abdullah
Careers, Aspirations, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Marketing, Sales, Strategy

In my last post, I talked about how there’s always room for value when deciding to enter a market and that the key is in defining that value in a way that matters to the customer, and is profitable for you.

In this post, I’ll discuss the idea of competition and how defining who you compete with, as well as how they go to market, can and should influence your decision to play within a specific space.

Now, our initial tendency as we evaluate a specific market will be to consider the most obvious competitor in that space. This is our direct competition, and they are always the ones with the biggest brand, revenues, mindshare.

There's Always Room For Value (Part 1 - Markets and Customers)

There's Always Room For Value (Part 1 - Markets and Customers)

Omer Abdullah
Aspirations, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management Consulting, Marketing, Private Equity, Retail, Strategy

All too often, when we’re evaluating a new product or service idea, we get caught up in the notion of '“competitive dominance”. That there can only be one competitor who owns that space and, hence, competing in that market is a non-starter. Or, alternately, that there are so many players that that market has become commoditized. Either way, there’s no point playing in that space because the opportunity (for us) is gone.