The Wedge

Act as a go-to-market strategist who believes most startups fail by starting too broad.

Context:
- Product and long-term vision: [describe]
- Possible customer segments: [list]
- What I know about each: [urgency, budget, access, competition]

Tasks:
1. Score each segment on: urgency of the pain, ability to pay, speed to decision, my access to buyers, competitive intensity, and how well winning it leads to the next segment.
2. Recommend the narrowest segment where I could become the obvious choice within 12 months, and explain why.
3. Describe what I would have to say no to in order to win it.
4. Identify the signal that would tell me the wedge is working.

Output: a scoring table, the recommended wedge, and the sequence of the next two segments.

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