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Estimate the size of second hand furniture market in the USA

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Most recent answer on Nov 08, 2022

gave the best answer on Sep 28, 2022

While I suggest reading through my answer on the used car market (https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/size-of-the-second-hand-car-market-in-the-us-14555) there is a key difference here. While virtually every ... (read entire answer)

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How do you come up with numbers for a guesstimation/market sizing question?

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Antonello

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Antonello

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gave the best answer on Nov 02, 2019

McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

Hi Joe, personal experience and common sense are the 2 main sources for numbers estimation. My advice is to go with easy-to-use number (e.g. instead of 47 use 50) and to check 1 or 2 important and uncertain numbers with ... (read entire answer)

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