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Mixed reality product market for dentists

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Most recent answer on Jan 09, 2024

Gero

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Hi there, I agree that some additional context would be useful here, e.g. the type of augmented reality product. In general, a potential approach to calculate the long term revenue potential per annum would be: 1. Find ... (read entire answer)

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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

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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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Market Sizing Question help (edited)

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Hi there, A few notes here: You should never be “guessing”. A fair few amount of your numbers feel like pure guessing. You should always be breaking things down in a way that lets you estimate I don't love your approach ... (read entire answer)

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demand for squash in the u.S?

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Most recent answer on Jul 07, 2021

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Hi there, The problem here is you've just made up your frequency of play numbers. You need to segment by something that actually helps. For example, how much of the rural US population plays squash? Approximately 0. ... (read entire answer)

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World Market size of luxury stereo systems

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Antonello

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Antonello

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Hi, I would frame it dividing the problem into 2+ parts, after clarifying with the interviewer (e.g. home stereo systems, car stereo, ...). For instance, about the car stereo I would imagine to structure it like a penet ... (read entire answer)

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Market Sizing - Number of Business and First class seats

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Existing Plane Market (Upkeep) Estimate # of flights taken globally Domestic vs. International Extrapolate to # of planes Domestic (medium size) vs International (large) Estimate # of 1st/Busin ... (read entire answer)

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Hello smart people, please can someone help me with how to crack this market sizing case? Size of e-commerce in Africa

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Gautham gave the best answer on Jan 20, 2020

Looking to practice and learn with committed folks on a daily basis. Cheers !

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Estimation of Past Oil Price

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Vlad

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Vlad

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Hi, I would split into buckets and try to understand a trend in each of them: Demand Lack of internal resources (lack of researched volumes, extraction capabilities, higher costs) Private consumption (Climate ... (read entire answer)

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What are some top things to consider when sizing a market?

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Vlad

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Hi, Both of your approaches are correct since you can calculate the things from the supply and demand sides. For example for the hospitals, you can calculate the number of hospitals per certain area (You can use your ... (read entire answer)

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Estimate the number of people since ever?

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This is definitely a top-down (as opposed to bottom-up) sizing.First, I'll assume homo sapiens. There's a lot of ways to approach this, but I would personally segment it by world population over time. I know that popu ... (read entire answer)

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Competitors vs. Market

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Benjamin

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Hi, Both can work, but I personnally would recommand to cluster them into one topic adressed : Market attractivness : with the following sub bullets market & segment size market & segment trend market ... (read entire answer)

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Market v Industry

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Guennael

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Guennael

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And to add to Vlad's suggestion: I usually merge 'market' and 'competition' since the former is the sum of the latter + your client. I then only dive into specific competitors if I have reasons to believe they hold the ... (read entire answer)

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