Vladimir Malik
Independent Research & Business Opportunity Screening
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We Know Where to Sell. But How Do We Decide What to Sell?
Amazon, Shopify, eBay — the infrastructure for selling online is already there.
But choosing the right product is a different challenge.
A promising trend doesn't necessarily mean a profitable opportunity. Strong demand...
Competitive & Customer Research
Understanding a market requires more than knowing who the competitors are.
The more useful question is:
Why do customers choose one option over another — and where is there still room to compete?
Competitive and customer research can help connect...
Before investing heavily in a new market, product, or business opportunity, there is a simpler question worth answering first:
Does the opportunity deserve deeper investigation?
A focused screening can help separate promising signals from assumptions before significant time and...
Some of the best business opportunities are surprisingly boring.
No revolutionary technology. No promise to change the world.
Just businesses that solve real problems every day:
HVAC. Plumbing. Facility services. Accounting. Industrial supply.
What makes them interesting isn’t the...
Good research doesn’t always need to produce more information. Sometimes its greatest value is showing you what isn’t worth investigating further.
Before committing serious time and money to a market, acquisition target, or business opportunity, I prefer to start with a simpler...
