European Market Entry Playbook

Operational playbook for entering three new markets in nine months.

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Problem

Each new market launch was being run as a one-off project with no shared process.

What I built

A reusable playbook covering legal, hiring, and operational setup for market entry.

My contribution

Authored the playbook from the first market's lessons and ran the next two launches directly.

Process

  1. Ran the first market manually

    Learned the real requirements by doing it the hard way once.

  2. Codified the playbook

    Turned lessons into a repeatable, checklist-driven process.

Outcome

Three market launches completed ahead of schedule using a single repeatable playbook.