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📚Unit 1 Vocab Study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Value Creation | The process of developing goods or services that satisfy customer needs or wants and provide utility or problem solutions. |
| Value Capture | The ability of a business to charge a price higher than the cost required to produce its goods or services, capturing profit. |
| Customer Need | An essential functional requirement or problem that a customer must solve (e.g., speed, convenience, basic nutrition). |
| Customer Want | A non-essential preference, style, or added feature that makes an experience more enjoyable but is not strictly necessary. |
| Primary Research | Direct interaction with potential customers to gather first-hand data (e.g., surveys, face-to-face interviews, direct observation). |
| Problem-Solution Fit | The state achieved when direct customer evidence validates that a proposed product effectively solves a real customer problem, need, or want. |
| Commodity Market | A highly competitive market featuring largely undifferentiated products where prices cluster near a low prevailing market level. |
| Product Differentiation | The strategy of distinguishing a product from competitors through unique features, higher quality, or superior branding, allowing for greater pricing power. |
| Barrier to Entry | Any competitive advantage, legal protection, supplier agreement, or financial hurdle that makes it difficult for new competitors to enter a market. |
| Minimum Viable Product (MVP) | The simplest early version, model, or sketch of a product used to test hypotheses and gather initial feedback from customers. |
| Prevailing Market Price | The standard price level established in a market through the interaction of multiple buyers and sellers. |