Wavelength Media: Launching Into a Market With an Incumbent
Marketing
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Scenario
Wavelength Media is a growth-stage streaming business in US, preparing to launch a new product into an established category.
The category is dominated by an incumbent holding roughly 47% share. The addressable market is about $7890 M.
Candidate segments:
| Segment | Addressable accounts | Share expressing willingness to switch |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | 364 | 61% |
| Mid-market | 2,242 | 39% |
| SMB | 54,127 | 20% |
Constraints:
- Planned list price: $7412 per account per year
- Fully loaded cost of a field sales rep: $112 M per year
- First-year launch budget: $22 M
- The product is genuinely better on one dimension and worse on two
The founder wants to launch to all three segments simultaneously "to see what sticks".
Supporting data
market
- tam
- 7890
- incumbent share pct
- 47
segments
| segment | accounts | switch willingness pct |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | 364 | 61 |
| Mid-market | 2242 | 39 |
| SMB | 54127 | 20 |
economics
- launch budget
- 22
- loaded sales rep cost
- 112
- list price per account
- 7412
derived hints
- accounts per rep to break even
- 15111
Your task
Design the go-to-market. Your answer should provide:
- Analysis — which segment to enter first and why, sized with the numbers given.
- Risks — what your plan depends on, and what would make you change segment.
- Recommendation — a specific first segment, channel, price and success threshold.
State any assumptions you make.
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How you'll be graded
100 points, 60% to pass.
- positioning25
- segmentation25
- recommendation25
- quantitative analysis25
Hint
Reveal suggested structure
Beachhead selection; switching motivation; GTM motion affordable at price point; staged expansion