When it Comes to Market Analysis, it’s Bottoms-Up!

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As a venture firm, we want to see our portfolio companies go after big market opportunities by encouraging them to conduct experiments in order to figure out just how they can pursue those opportunities. The best way for them to assess any given  situation is to do what’s called a “bottoms-up” market analysis, which requires putting in some hard, detailed thought about their ideal customers and their adjacent markets. Sometimes, however, founders might discover that they need to take a leap of faith when performing this analysis. Ulu Ventures Managing Director Clint Korver explains.

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Rusty Dornin is the director of marketing and communications for Ulu Ventures. An award-winning radio and television journalist, she was a CNN correspondent for nearly 18 years covering domestic and world news ranging from war to natural disasters and tales of crime and politics.
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