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Competitor Research: Know your Rivals 🏢

Competitor Research: Know your Rivals 🏢 Online

Understanding the competitive landscape will give your venture an advantage. Discover how library resources can help you identify competitors and find company profiles for private and public companies.

In this workshop, you will learn:

✅ Where to find company profiles and financials

✅ How to identify competitors, both direct and indirect

✅ How to create company lists and map business locations

Who should attend? TMU students of all disciplines, aspiring entrepreneurs, and innovators looking to ground their ideas with research. In order to access library resources in this workshop, you need to be a current member of TMU, such as a student, Zone member, faculty, instructor or staff.

No prior entrepreneurship experience or venture idea required! If you’re interested in starting a business but don’t have an idea yet, this workshop will be useful in helping you build research skills using proprietary library business databases.

Get recognized for your skills! This workshop is badged. Learn more about how to earn a badge.

To learn more about conducting secondary market research for a new venture, this workshop is best when taken alongside the following workshops: Industry Research: Big Picture Trends, and Market Research: Customers and Consumers.

Related LibGuide: Company Research by Fiona Kovacaj

Date:
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Time:
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Online:
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Audience:
  Graduate Students     TMU Community     Undergraduates  
Categories:
  Badged Workshop     Gather & Analyze Your Research  

Registration is required. There are 46 seats available.

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Fiona Kovacaj

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