If you’re in a certain industry, or looking to get into an industry, it is advisable to learn all you can about the industry.
Questions you might want to ask include who are the major, medium and up-and-coming players? What are the industry trends? How fast is the marketplace growing? Who are the leaders? Who are the opinion leaders? What academic research is going on? What patents are being registered? There are a number of ways to do this:
1. Put industry keywords into Google and see which companies come up in the search, learn all you can about them by going onto their websites, read their About Us, News section and research/technical section
2. See which white papers and blogs come up in the search, look at industrial survey results – who are the opinion leaders? Follow them on twitter, linkedin…
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