Market entry
Market entry fails when 'go' is treated as a single bit. Argumont compares direct entry, partnership, acquisition, and wait, with distribution and regulation ke...
question
Should we enter, wait, or enter by a different door?
Entering a market is rarely a single yes. It is a choice among direct sales, partnership, a localized product, or waiting until a constraint is gone. Scoring only the first plan hides the others.
What people skip
Demand evidence from people who can buy in that market, cost to serve including language and support, and competitive response from local substitutes. A TAM slide is not demand.
Teams also skip the option to refuse. Waiting is an option. It should be scored, not treated as cowardice.
How Argumont treats it
The preferred entry plan is a contestant. A materially different path, such as a reseller versus a direct team, should appear if one exists. Reversal conditions belong in the verdict.
Example criteria
Reachable demand
Buyers you can actually sell to, not a census of the category.
Cost to serve
Support, localization, compliance, and travel.
Time to first revenue
Including the real sales cycle, not the optimistic one.
Strategic distraction
What the home market loses while you enter.
Example
Direct sales in Germany this year, a reseller, or wait until usage-based packaging exists. Compare those three, not a slogan about Europe.
Related pages
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Pre-mortem
A pre-mortem asks the team to imagine it is a year later and the project is a disaster, then to write that history before you commit.
Questions
These pages answer a search the way an operator would: what the question hides, what evidence is needed, and how to run it in Argumont.
Challenge the entry plan
Argumont challenges assumptions, researches evidence, compares competing approaches, and identifies the strongest decision.
Challenge the entry plan