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| last edited by BillSeitz on Jul 29, 2008 1:31 am |
Bell Curve of adoptors/buyers of new technology, based on where in the technology's Life Cycle they hop on board, etc.
[Innovat Or]-s: want to be first, but want everything cheap (Innovat Ion)
Early Adoptor-s/visionaries: chasing a business opportunity dream; least price-sensitive, but can be very hard to please and will push for never-ending project-oriented customization, which takes resources away from focusing on a package-able Whole Product/Fran Chise for a single well-defined market.
[Early Majority]/Pragmat Ist-s: typically industry-focused (earlier niches often communicate across industries); want to buy from market leader to ensure ecology of Whole Product enhancements from third parties.
Geoffrey Moore says there's a crack between each of these segments, but the crack between 2 and 3 is a chasm. So he wrote a book about Crossing The Chasm.
May'2008: Seth Godin calls this the PassIon/Pop Gulf. He notes
you can chose not to bother Crossing The Chasm, and make your business succeed in the smaller PassIon Market Segment
to move to the higher curve, you're going to have to leave your PassIon customers behind.
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