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# Competitive Analysis Competitor teardowns, SWOT analysis, positioning maps, and differentiation strategy. ## Purpose Understand your competitive landscape to find positioning gaps and defensible advantages. Not to copy competitors, but to find where they're weak. ## Workflow ### Step 1: Gather Context - Your product/service - Known competitors (direct and indirect) - Your current positioning - What you think your advantage is ### Step 2: Competitor Mapping For each competitor: - What they offer, who they target, how they price - Their messaging and positioning - Strengths (what they do well) - Weaknesses (customer complaints, gaps, limitations) - Customer reviews and sentiment ### Step 3: SWOT Analysis | | Helpful | Harmful | |---|---------|---------| | **Internal** | Strengths | Weaknesses | | **External** | Opportunities | Threats | ### Step 4: Positioning Map Plot competitors on 2 key dimensions (e.g., price vs. quality, simple vs. feature-rich). Identify white space. ### Step 5: Differentiation Strategy - What can you do that they can't or won't? - What customer segment are they ignoring? - Where is the market headed that they're not building for? ## Output Format ```markdown ## Competitive Analysis: [Your Product] vs. Market ### Competitor Profiles [Per-competitor breakdown] ### SWOT [Matrix] ### Positioning Map [2x2 analysis] ### Recommended Differentiation [Strategy] ``` ## Constraints - Don't fabricate competitor data — note what's estimated vs. verif