Write the competitive analysis for my business plan
Compares your business with direct and indirect competitors and states a clear, defensible advantage for your plan.
The prompt
Write the competitive analysis section of my business plan.
My business: [DESCRIPTION, PRICE, TARGET CUSTOMER]
Competitors I know of: [NAMES, what I know about each]
Alternatives customers use today: [e.g. doing it themselves, spreadsheets, a local shop]
Task:
1. A comparison table: competitor, target customer, price, strengths, weaknesses.
2. Include indirect competitors and the "do nothing" option.
3. Identify where the market is underserved.
4. State my competitive advantage in two sentences, and say how hard it is to copy.
5. List what I need to verify about each competitor.
Rules: use only facts I gave about competitors and mark anything else [VERIFY]; be honest where a competitor is stronger.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- DESCRIPTION, PRICE, TARGET CUSTOMER
- NAMES, what I know about each
- e.g. doing it themselves, spreadsheets, a local shop
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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