Mastering Your Industry: Competitors, Products, & Suppliers
What you'll learn
- Demonstrate your industry knowledge.
- Describe the general characteristics of your industry.
- Evaluate your competition's strengths and weaknesses.
- Identify potential suppliers to meet your business needs.
- Understand channels of distribution and target markets.
Requirements
- Download the PDF files to complete certain sections of the course
Description
It is important to develop a solid understanding of your industry. This includes who your competitors are, what products they offer, who your suppliers are, and possible areas for growth. This course walks you through each of these variables and how they impact your business.
This course provides videos from professors and real-world entrepreneurs who have built their own successful businesses, PDF downloads of exercises to complete for your own business, and topic evaluations to see where you stand in your industry knowledge.
The course curriculum is divided into six sections consisting of a general introduction called "Gaining Industry Knowledge" which discusses the importance of why you should be familiar with the different areas of your industry. The introduction is followed by five sections which discuss more in-depth topics to help you understand your industry to give you a competitive advantage. The sections include: Industry Characteristics, Competitive Rivalry, Influence of Suppliers, Nature of Customers, and Substitute Products.
This course was developed for anyone looking to start a new business, entrepreneurs growing an existing business, or anyone looking to refresh their knowledge of the industry they are currently in.
Who this course is for:
- Entrepreneurs
- Managers
- Executives
- Students
- Employees looking to further their knowledge
Instructor
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 9,784 Reviews
- 24,110 Students
- 5 Courses
Since 1994, we have been meeting with and interviewing successful business builders. We have toured their facilities, met with their employees, observed their behavior, and recorded their stories. Our fieldwork has uncovered the critical practices successful entrepreneurs use to start and build thriving companies. When these practices are used in a new and growing venture, the probability of success goes up dramatically; when these practices are absent, the probability of failure is high. Our entrepreneurial training programs will teach you how to implement these critical practices in your own business. By mastering these concepts, you will greatly improve your odds for success.
Our team is comprised of individuals with extensive experience as entrepreneurs, business consultants and university professors. We also have an in-house film department that has interviewed and filmed hundreds of entrepreneurs around the world.
At The Main Street Entrepreneur, our mission is to provide the most innovative and engaging resources available to help aspiring entrepreneurs and business builders create successful ventures. We help turn ideas into opportunities, opportunities into business models, and business models into thriving organizations. While doing so we pledge to maintain values of exemplary leadership, continuous improvement, distinguishing service, excellent efficiency, total integrity, and a broader contribution.