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Market Opportunity Navigator: Flyability Case Study

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This lecture presents a case study on how Flyability used the Market Opportunity Navigator to strategically focus on inspecting boilers in power plants, leading to significant sales growth. The Navigator helped them prioritize, make informed decisions, and visualize market opportunities for future growth and marketing strategies.

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Find the right markets for your innovation - A tool for entrepreneurs and innovators for choosing which markets to play in.

As entrepreneur or innovator you are trained to run fast, but…Are you running in the right direction? Choosing the right market for your innovation is the biggest, and trickiest, question for innovators. Research has shown that all too often entrepreneurs don’t spend enough time identifying and researching their market opportunities – instead they jump at the first opportunity that looks good, and fail to properly evaluate and leverage other opportunities. This common mistake often leads them to choose the

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