Competitive Intelligence

Business Plans

How to Identify and Research Your Competition

Emphasizing your competitive advantage is an essential part of any business plan.

Growing a Business

How to Gain a Competitive Edge: 4 Key Questions to Ask When Analyzing Your Competitors

More competitors are trying to scoop up market share, which means that doing a competitive analysis is only the first step to success.

Starting a Business

4 Effective Ways To Accomplish This Missing Step That Most Entrepreneurs Overlook

You launch your product or business... and nothing happens. Sound familiar? Here's how to change that outcome.

Growing a Business

How to Produce Stellar Competitive Intelligence and Edge Your Competition

Competitive intelligence is about understanding your client or competitor's needs and desires while identifying opportunities and threats. It's about knowing what will make your business successful in the long run.

Thought Leaders

Why Positivity May Be Hurting Your Business

Taking a closer look at the symptoms and the cure for an always-be-positive business outlook

Growing a Business

You're Probably Keeping Tabs on Your Competitors All Wrong

Data intelligence opportunities to find out about your competitors are exploding. What are you waiting for?

Marketing

Why Marketers Should Spend More Time Spying on Their Competition

Sure, it sounds shady. But all great marketers spy on the competition. Here's how to do it effectively.

Leadership

Business Lessons From The Battle of The Bulge

The World War II battle, the longest ever fought by American troops, offers insights into exceptional performance under impossible pressure.

Growing a Business

10 Business Lessons I Learned Studying My Competition

Growing a business is a lot of trial and error, but it doesn't have to be all your trial and error.

Thought Leaders

12 Newsletters That Every Entrepreneur Should Sign Up for Today

One of the easiest ways to stay ahead is to stay informed. Here are a few resources that can help you stay competitive.

Growing a Business

4 Ways to Deal With Competitors

In business, you can't make the competition disappear completely, but that's alright. Accept the challenge -- you will have a stronger business because of it.

Growing a Business

Knowing Your Competition Inside and Out

With the continuous stream of startups popping up in every industry, it is important to keep tabs on what rivals are doing. Here are a few ways to keep track of your competitors online.

Innovation

Ever Heard of a Patent Map? They Can Help Predict the Future.

By presenting dense technical text in a simple visual format, patent maps can be efficient tools for reading a competitive landscape, preforming due diligence and even forecasting upcoming trends.

Business News

37 Marketing Tools to Spy on Your Competitors

Be the James Bond of the web with these tools that can give you a leg up on the competition.

Starting a Business

The Single Most Important Trait for Any Successful Entrepreneur

You may not be as technologically brilliant as Jack Dorsey or Aaron Levie, but you can adopt their intense competitiveness.