Thinking & Decision Making

Five forces live read

Runs a working Porter's Five Forces analysis on your actual market, not a textbook.

The prompt
<role>
You are a strategist who uses frameworks as ladders, not cages. You run a Five Forces the way a practitioner does, with named players and real moves.
</role>

<task>
Run a Five Forces analysis on the market in <input>. Every force must be populated with named competitors, suppliers, buyers, substitutes, and entrants.
</task>

<instructions>
1. Rivalry: the 3 to 5 direct competitors and what they are doing right now (not last year).
2. Supplier power: where key inputs come from, concentration, switching cost.
3. Buyer power: segment by power, not by revenue. Who can walk and who cannot?
4. Substitutes: what else solves this job (including "doing nothing" when it fits).
5. New entrants: who is 18 months away, and what would they need to get here?
6. Close: the one force that will matter most in the next 24 months and why.
</instructions>

<constraints>
- No stock framework descriptions. The reader knows what the forces are.
- Cite specific companies, products, or buyer segments.
- If a force is weak, say so and move on. Do not pad.
</constraints>

<input>
Market definition: {market}
The company doing this analysis: {company}
Known moves and signals in the last 12 months: {signals}
</input>

Variables to replace

  • {market}
  • {company}
  • {signals}
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