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Blue Ocean Strategy: Creating New Market Space<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are reading this, you are likely exhausted. You are tired of slashing prices to undercut a competitor who just slashed theirs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are tired of the “features arms race”\u2014adding bells and whistles to your product just to maintain parity with the industry standard. You are swimming in a Red Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a Red Ocean, industry boundaries are defined and accepted. The competitive rules are known. Companies strive to outperform their rivals to capture a larger share of existing demand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the market space gets crowded, prospects for profits and growth are reduced. Products turn into commodities, and cutthroat competition turns the ocean bloody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most entrepreneurs we speak to at Inkbot Design are obsessed with “beating the competition.” They bring us pitch decks filled with SWOT analyses, benchmarking themselves against the industry leader. They ask: “How do we look better than X?”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My answer is usually the same: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stop trying to be better. Start being different.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This is the core of the Blue Ocean Strategy<\/strong>. It is not about fighting for a slice of the pie; it is about baking a new pie. It is about rendering the competition irrelevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guide is not a summary of a business school textbook. It is a forensic breakdown of how you can escape the bloodbath of commoditisation and reconstruct market boundaries to create an uncontested market space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Blue Ocean Strategy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Blue Ocean Strategy<\/strong> is a marketing theory and strategic framework developed by W. Chan Kim and Ren\u00e9e Mauborgne. At its heart, it challenges the traditional dogma that you must choose between differentiation (higher cost) and low cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, it proposes Value Innovation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Value Innovation<\/strong> is the simultaneous pursuit of differentiation and<\/em> low cost. It occurs only when the whole system of the company\u2019s utility, price, and cost activities is aligned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a Red Ocean, you trade value for cost. In a Blue Ocean, you break that trade-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Blue Ocean Strategy<\/strong> challenges you to stop battling competitors and start creating uncontested new market spaces<\/strong> ripe for growth. It\u2019s based on a 100-year study of 150 strategic moves, offering systematic tools to pursue differentiation AND low cost simultaneously<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As an Amazon Partner, when you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The 3 Core Components<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To execute this effectively, you must understand the trinity of the framework:<\/p>\n\n\n\n