10 step go-to-market strategy for racketeer startup
- Get influence over local media. Preferably control it.
- Dominate with some obvious message, like "Bad beer is bad for your health". Provide examples. If none - create them.
- When everyone agrees, push "Let's institute quality control over the beer in bars!".
- Send local agents to get acquainted with people, running and serving in bars. Be smooth and friendly. Collect info, identify black sheep: bad bars with bad beer and owners would confront you.
- Via media institute yourself as the only acceptable quality control. Marketing message: "Bar without our stamp of approval is bad for your health".
- Offer quality control for bars. Be careful with pricing or do it for free. Check which black sheep are refusing to pay.
- After you're set in the "market" - raise prices.
8.Violently crash and kill one or two of black sheep: they are serving bad beer anyway! - Lower the prices and settle with other bars who refused to pay earlier.
- Profit!
Epilogue. Absolutely not related to http://www.businessinsider.com/sec-is-charging-centra-crypto-founders-with-fraud-2018-4