Four decisions. One question set.
Different teams bring Market Evidence into different decisions. The method underneath stays the same: a fixed question set, every finding cited, and every gap named.
These market entry use cases share one thread: a company, investment team or startup has to decide about a market it does not yet know well, and wants the decision backed by evidence rather than instinct. The depth differs by situation. A startup may only need a light screen of opportunities and requirements; a company going international needs the same screen plus a full go-to-market plan; a private equity team needs comparable, ranked evidence across several candidate markets; and a thesis test can run against any market, not only a market-entry one. In every case, the method stays the same: one fixed question set, every finding cited, every gap named.
Four market entry use cases, one method
Private equity: buy-and-build and future markets
Investment teams deciding which markets can carry a buy-and-build thesis or an add-on strategy, and whether the value-creation plan still holds.
What they get: comparable, ranked evidence across every candidate market, and a Verdict an investment committee can challenge because every finding is cited.
Internationalisation
Established companies, including private equity and venture capital portfolio companies, moving from markets that already work into new ones: does what works at home work there?
What they get: what works at home tested against each target market, a Verdict on what it takes to succeed, and a Plan covering every department involved in the rollout.
Startups: the lay of the land
Startups and scale-ups who need the opportunities and the local legal and regulatory requirements before they leave their home market, not a full go-to-market plan.
What they get: a light, market-centric screen of opportunities and requirements, scaled to a startup’s pace rather than a full go-to-market plan.
Testing a thesis against a market
Any firm testing a belief against a market, a state, a Land or a canton, beyond a market-entry decision.
What they get: evidence for or against the thesis, tested the same way in every market chosen, with every overlooked requirement named.
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