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Market Size Calculator

Size it top-down from a population, or bottom-up from outlets. Both show the assumption chain and a sanity check.

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Purchases per buyer per year

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$99B

Estimated annual market size

Assumption chain

  1. Population220M
  2. Eligible (60%)132M
  3. Buyers (100%)132M
  4. Purchases (150x/yr)19.8B
  5. Revenue (x $5)$99B

Sanity check

Share of United States GDP
0.367%
Spend per person per year
$296

Plausible order of magnitude. State the check in the interview, because it signals judgment.

The calculator does the arithmetic; the interview scores the assumptions. That part is in the course and the firm simulators.