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Counter-Positioning

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5 essential questions to craft a winning strategy

Roger Martin · Jul 25, 2024
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  • Strategy is an integrated set of choices that compels desired customer action, since customers are the one thing a company cannot…
  • Work through the five cascade questions together: winning aspiration, where to play, how to win, required capabilities, and…
  • Winning requires being either differentiated or lowest cost; without one of those, competitors can keep pushing you back step by…
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Differentiating your product

Jan 11, 2022 · 9 min
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Lenny Rachitsky argues that product differentiation is essential, drawing on Michael Porter's view that winners either operate better or perform differently from rivals. The post lays out seven practical differentiators…