SMEMindsPlaybook
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Leadership · Advanced · about 16 minutes

Scenario planning — three futures and what you would do in each

Your three-year plan has a base case, an upside at +20% and a downside at −20%. Then a marketplace changes its fee structure, which is in none of the three, and you have no prepared response at all. The scenarios prepared you for the one thing that was never the risk.

You need
Business: kitchenware D2C, ₹1.4 crore, 60% marketplaces, 25% own site, 15% general trade. Plan: grow marketplace share, add SKUs, hold prices.
Tool
Any assistant, with your real business context
You get
1. WHAT COULD MAKE YOUR PLAN WRONG — eight possibilities Marketplace fee or advertising cost structure shifts materially · a well-capitalised brand copies your seal feature · steel moves 30%+ structurally · marketplace algorithm change reduces organic discovery for small brands · quick commerce…
Time saved
Half a day annually. It converts a crisis response from a quarter of debate into a week of execution.

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