I’m doing a market study for a start up in a new industry with limited data. Is it unethical to email my client’s competitors to ask for their thoughts on the industry as a whole?

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This is just a cold email? Whose going to respond? Why would they? Not sure where you work but this approach might not be a great idea

Yeah, I sent two out already and one firm responded. Just wanted to test the waters

We do this all the time. Just be sure to anonymize both the client and the responses. And don’t ask any material non-public information

This is standard practice for a lot of firms. Anonymize it/keep it double blinded, don’t offer them money to talk if it’s a competitor of the client, don’t ask (or share if it’s volunteered by the interviewee) anything that’s non-public. Tough to get folks to chat some times but it’s not uncommon.

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