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Market Research

市场调研

Produce research that supports decisions, not research theater.
产出支撑决策的有效研究,而非流于形式的纸面调研。

When to Activate

启用场景

  • researching a market, category, company, investor, or technology trend
  • building TAM/SAM/SOM estimates
  • comparing competitors or adjacent products
  • preparing investor dossiers before outreach
  • pressure-testing a thesis before building, funding, or entering a market
  • 调研市场、品类、公司、投资者或技术趋势
  • 构建TAM/SAM/SOM估算
  • 对比竞品或相邻产品
  • 在对外接洽前准备投资者档案
  • 在产品搭建、融资或进入市场前压力测试核心论点

Research Standards

研究标准

  1. Every important claim needs a source.
  2. Prefer recent data and call out stale data.
  3. Include contrarian evidence and downside cases.
  4. Translate findings into a decision, not just a summary.
  5. Separate fact, inference, and recommendation clearly.
  1. 所有重要论断都需要标注来源。
  2. 优先使用最新数据,需明确标注过时数据。
  3. 纳入反向论据和下行情况分析。
  4. 将研究结果转化为决策参考,而非仅停留在总结层面。
  5. 明确区分事实、推论和建议。

Common Research Modes

常见研究模式

Investor / Fund Diligence

投资者/基金尽职调查

Collect:
  • fund size, stage, and typical check size
  • relevant portfolio companies
  • public thesis and recent activity
  • reasons the fund is or is not a fit
  • any obvious red flags or mismatches
收集信息:
  • 基金规模、投资阶段和典型单笔投资金额
  • 相关投资组合公司
  • 公开投资理念和近期动态
  • 基金适配/不适配的原因
  • 任何明显的风险信号或适配偏差

Competitive Analysis

竞品分析

Collect:
  • product reality, not marketing copy
  • funding and investor history if public
  • traction metrics if public
  • distribution and pricing clues
  • strengths, weaknesses, and positioning gaps
收集信息:
  • 产品实际情况,而非营销文案
  • 公开的融资和投资者历史(如有)
  • 公开的增长指标(如有)
  • 分销和定价线索
  • 优势、劣势和定位缺口

Market Sizing

市场规模测算

Use:
  • top-down estimates from reports or public datasets
  • bottom-up sanity checks from realistic customer acquisition assumptions
  • explicit assumptions for every leap in logic
使用以下方法:
  • 来自报告或公开数据集的自上而下估算
  • 基于合理客户获取假设的自下而上合理性校验
  • 每一步逻辑推导都标注明确假设

Technology / Vendor Research

技术/供应商调研

Collect:
  • how it works
  • trade-offs and adoption signals
  • integration complexity
  • lock-in, security, compliance, and operational risk
收集信息:
  • 工作原理
  • 取舍权衡和采用情况信号
  • 集成复杂度
  • 供应商锁定、安全、合规和运营风险

Output Format

输出格式

Default structure:
  1. executive summary
  2. key findings
  3. implications
  4. risks and caveats
  5. recommendation
  6. sources
默认结构:
  1. 执行摘要
  2. 核心发现
  3. 影响分析
  4. 风险与注意事项
  5. 建议
  6. 参考来源

Quality Gate

质量校验

Before delivering:
  • all numbers are sourced or labeled as estimates
  • old data is flagged
  • the recommendation follows from the evidence
  • risks and counterarguments are included
  • the output makes a decision easier
交付前确认:
  • 所有数据都标注来源或明确标记为估算值
  • 过时数据已标注
  • 建议基于证据推导得出
  • 已纳入风险和对立论点
  • 输出内容可辅助简化决策