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I love this thread, thanks, I'm still in learning mode and this thread has basically answered the bulk of my questions.
I'm still not completely sure of a few things and would be delighted if you could give me some more advice.
As of now should my main focus be in getting a brief overview of each industry (hence don't worry about such details as forecasting trends and so on), find the industry key players, contact them until I get the responses I need and take it from there?
Also, should I only contact companies in my city in the beginning? I am going in pretty much unarmed, no programming, software skills etc... just looking for problems.
Should my focus not be in identifying trends and emerging industries, but rather trying to find out about the pain points, using the strategies you've mentioned? And then looking at the industry data?
When you say to use IBISWorld, are you suggesting to just read the small free sample's that are provided for each industry report or are you suggesting to buy a membership? And if you purchase membership plus, does that give you access to reports for every industry on the Industry Research Reports page?
All along I had been looking for the best websites for this, I have a large list of info resources which I'm following on Twitter, and have them organised into many different sections, such as Market Research, Business News, Industry Research/Growth, Tech News, Trends in General, App/Tech News, and hence creating my own news feed.
But, If I want to learn about changes in industries, trends, technology changes, would buying a membership with IBISWorld probably the best way to go?
Would it be like having all of the information from the trend hunting websites in one place? I'm sure that watching websites that have regular updates for specific industries would keep you on track of small things that are hot right now, but if I want to get a good taste of the big picture is ISISWorld the place?
My funds are limited, and I know there is certainly no guaranteed return on my investment. I'm not asking you to make a major decision for me, but rather if you could point out weather or not you think it would be valuable for me in such a situation.
What I'm really asking is, are these reports more suitable for large companies that are already in the game?
I'm still not completely sure of a few things and would be delighted if you could give me some more advice.
As of now should my main focus be in getting a brief overview of each industry (hence don't worry about such details as forecasting trends and so on), find the industry key players, contact them until I get the responses I need and take it from there?
Also, should I only contact companies in my city in the beginning? I am going in pretty much unarmed, no programming, software skills etc... just looking for problems.
Should my focus not be in identifying trends and emerging industries, but rather trying to find out about the pain points, using the strategies you've mentioned? And then looking at the industry data?
When you say to use IBISWorld, are you suggesting to just read the small free sample's that are provided for each industry report or are you suggesting to buy a membership? And if you purchase membership plus, does that give you access to reports for every industry on the Industry Research Reports page?
All along I had been looking for the best websites for this, I have a large list of info resources which I'm following on Twitter, and have them organised into many different sections, such as Market Research, Business News, Industry Research/Growth, Tech News, Trends in General, App/Tech News, and hence creating my own news feed.
But, If I want to learn about changes in industries, trends, technology changes, would buying a membership with IBISWorld probably the best way to go?
Would it be like having all of the information from the trend hunting websites in one place? I'm sure that watching websites that have regular updates for specific industries would keep you on track of small things that are hot right now, but if I want to get a good taste of the big picture is ISISWorld the place?
My funds are limited, and I know there is certainly no guaranteed return on my investment. I'm not asking you to make a major decision for me, but rather if you could point out weather or not you think it would be valuable for me in such a situation.
What I'm really asking is, are these reports more suitable for large companies that are already in the game?
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