Researching the Competition


Recent Researching the Competition Articles

Six Ways to Track Your Competitors Online

By Renee Oricchio |  Sep 1, 2008

Who needs industrial espionage these days? Keeping tabs on your main competitors has never been so easy. You can use the Web in a variety of ways to make sur...  Read more


Keep Your Friends Close. Keep Your Enemies Closer

By Janine Popick |  Feb 1, 2007

Befriending the competition can help grow your business. Really.  Read more


How to Profit from Market Research

By Inc. staff |  Jan 26, 2006

Knowing what your customers want and how they want it is essential to any business. Here's how to gather information through market research.  Read more


Competitive Intelligence on a Shoestring

By Jan Gardner |  Sep 24, 2001

You can learn a lot by researching online and targeting the right people.  Read more


What size market interests potential investors?

By Rhonda Abrams |  Jan 18, 2001

Writing a Business Plan mentor Rhonda Abrams explains why you'll need more than a great idea to land venture capitalists -- you'll need a large market.  Read more


How Can I Dominate My Competitors?

By Emily Esterson |  Sep 28, 1999

A milk company builds a brand around organic dairy products.  Read more


What's the Key to Great Forecasting?

By Karen Carney |  Jul 1, 1998

It helps to start with good, accurate data. Here are 6 pieces of information to gather.  Read more


Anatomy of a Launch: Step One -- Smart Market Research

By Susan Greco |  Sep 1, 1995

The first in a series on how a start-up launched a nationwide line of evironmentally correct bath products.  Read more


Inside Info on Outside Rivals

Jan 1, 1995

Be sure your employees are up-to-date on what your competitors are up to.  Read more


Product Differentiation: When a Rival Came Spying

By Susan Greco |  Sep 1, 1994

A founder's advisers explained she had better differentiate her business from the competition, and how she managed it.  Read more


Benchmark: Keeping Tabs on Rivals

By Susan Greco |  Sep 1, 1994

Some statistics on Inc. 500 companies that track their competition, with a quick comment from two CEOs.  Read more


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