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Marketplaces: What is a go-to-market strategy? How can I create one?
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Laurent Gibb, Clarity Expert On Growth Stage Startups answered:

You have some solid answers already from Assaf Ben-David and Paul McDonald. As they've mentioned it's purely a plan to guide and iterate from.

You haven't mentioned if you are launching a brand new product/service into market or looking to expand into new markets with your current offering, I've based my answer on the later.

If you are already in a core market and looking to expand into other markets, once you have defined your GTM plan then a good exercise is to evaluate whether your business is expansion ready.

If you don't currently have solid market fit in your core market, and a stable'ish and repeatable business then going into a new market can lead to a whole new world of pain and a high risk of failure

Here's an article I wrote a while back which you may find useful about whether Startup Internationalization is a risk worth taking https://www.scaling.partners/startup-internationalization-is-it-a-risk-worth-taking/

Good luck!

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