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Market sizing question - average financed value

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Question edited on Feb 29, 2024

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This is assuming you start with 100% financing. Since it is the average you can simplify by being the average between the Initial Period (100% is financed) and the Final Period (0% is financed), after you repaid all cap ... (read entire answer)

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Market size: How many babies are born every year? (Healthcare consulting firm)

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Hello! When answering the question about the number of babies born every year in the context of the healthcare sector, it's important to consider the specific focus of the consulting firm and the information available. ... (read entire answer)

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Size of the second hand car market in the US

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Define the market scope: Clarify whether you are referring to the entire second-hand car market or a specific segment, such as passenger cars or commercial vehicles. Identify key variables: Total population: Determine t ... (read entire answer)

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Help with a market sizing question: How many assistant nurses are there in Sweden?

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Market sizing: How many people visit the emergency department at one hospital per year?

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here's an approach you can take to estimate the number of people who visit the emergency department at one hospital per year: Define the key variables: Population: Determine the population served by the hospital. Averag ... (read entire answer)

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[Healthcare Market sizing Question] Market size for cancer immunotherapy

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This question can be very complicated without sufficient context setting Immunotherapy is not indicated for all types of cancers and for the ones it is indicated for you typically need to test for biomarkers present ... (read entire answer)

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How to market size some very high level market?

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It's very simple: Do the approach the is the easiest for you given the question. Are they asking you to estimate something where you don't even know where to begin from the top (maybe you have 0 clue as to the market si ... (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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Guesstimate - How many polar bears are there in the world?

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There are many ways to solve this problem, I give one here but it really depends on where the interviewer is going with this case, one way is 1) Restate the case and ask a few pointed questions to give you more data an ... (read entire answer)

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[Healthcare Market sizing Question] Market size for HPV Vaccine?

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Impact of pricing strategy on market sizing

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Hi Thibault, generally speaking it can work, but it really depends on the problem. Could you provide us with more context? In particular, if we identify a potential client well defined/niche we could close our problem ... (read entire answer)

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Market sizing: How many visitors visit Central Park New York each day?

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Bottom up: think about the park size and how many people can fit in there at any given moment, how long do they stay and occcupation levels throughout the week.

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Market size revising approach

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Hi there, It is quite rare that the age groups are irrelevant (unless you are segmenting by households). Normally the percentage of people that can/want to buy a product is influenced by that. In any case, if you fi ... (read entire answer)

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start from scratch, adquisition, Jv pros/cons

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Broadly agree, but there are some nuances 1. Capabilities - If you want to build new capabilities and you want ALL of the target's capabilities than Acquisition is preferable. If you want specific capabilities of the ... (read entire answer)

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Weddings market size

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Hi there, You'll really get the best out of this exercise if you try it yourself. Why don't you post what you're thinking and we can help? Hint: Do you think this makes more sense top-down or bottom up? Gene ... (read entire answer)

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Estimation/ Market size

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Hi there, Overall I think this approach is good! A few thoughts: You should go with the segment that is most directly correlated to the outcome. I think both age and income work. Trust your gut here. You can als ... (read entire answer)

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How many mattresses are used in hotels/ hospitals in X country?

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How many elevators are needed in a mall?

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Estimating revenue based on martial status

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Hi RUSDI, are all the information above provided or based on your assumptions? If the information you shared is given, then you need to make assumptions on how you can break down the 5M population into the respectiv ... (read entire answer)

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Estimating # of Cryptocurrency Owners (Market Sizing)

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Hello, I think this is a market sizing where the top-down approach starting from population can work very well. In a nutshell: Divide population into different segments For each segment approximate the percen ... (read entire answer)

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