
What A Competitor Analysis Should Actually Produce
Not a feature grid. A decision about where you will be different.

Not a feature grid. A decision about where you will be different.

One is expensive and permanent. The other is cheaper and unforgiving.

Not the vision. The assumptions, and whether the downside case still services the debt.

Money that need not be repaid, in exchange for obligations that continue for years.

A long, legally required document containing the answers to the questions that decide the investment.

You are buying a system and a brand, and paying for both out of revenue rather than profit.

Buying a franchise means buying constraints. Knowing which ones bind is the point of diligence.