Moore advocates targeting a single niche market, or "beachhead", and focusing all resources to achieve dominance in that market. This allows a company to leverage resources, build word-of-mouth, and be seen as a market leader. Attempting to sell to multiple segments at once dilutes efforts and makes it nearly impossible to cross the chasm into the mainstream market. The excerpt provides a fictional example of a startup failing because it did not properly target a niche and recognize the difference between early adopters and the mainstream.
The document summarizes Geoffrey Moore's book "Crossing the Chasm" which discusses the difficulties that high-tech companies face when transitioning from selling to early adopters to selling to the mainstream market. It notes that there is a large "chasm" between these two groups. The summary highlights that to cross this chasm, companies must focus intensely on a single niche "beachhead" market and achieve dominance before expanding. They must create a "whole product" and not just the core technology. Failing to properly target niches and focusing too much on sales can be fatal for companies trying to cross the chasm.
The document provides an overview of different types of buyers in B2B sales and how sales methodology needs to differ based on the buyer and type of solution being sold. It discusses three main types of buyers - early adopters, early majority, and late majority - who have different expectations and purchase processes. For innovative solutions targeting early adopters, the vendor engages with customers from the "mentor" phase through the full purchase process. For mature solutions sought by early majority buyers, vendors engage at the "case" phase during a competitive procurement. Commodity solutions sought by late majority only involve vendor engagement at the final "transaction" phase.
The document summarizes key points from the first chapter of the book "Crossing the Chasm" about technology adoption lifecycles. It describes 5 groups in the technology adoption lifecycle: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards. It notes that while companies often focus on moving from innovators to early adopters to early majority, there is actually a wide "chasm" between early adopters and early majority, as the basis for their purchases is different - early adopters want change agents while early majority want productivity improvements. Crossing this chasm from early adopters to early majority is the point of greatest risk for high-tech companies and their long-term marketing plans
This document discusses strategies for crossing the chasm from early adopters to mainstream markets. It outlines different market segments from innovators to laggards and describes the characteristics of early adopters versus mainstream pragmatists. The document recommends choosing a niche within the market that has an important problem to solve, developing a whole product aligned around features, service and brand image, and using an invasion strategy with a street sales force to build brand recognition and close early pragmatist customers in the target niche. Once the niche is conquered, the strategy is to move on to more profitable market segments.
This document discusses conducting a competitive analysis of other businesses in the same industry. It recommends calling competitors to ask questions as a potential customer and request their marketing materials. It also suggests calling competitors in other areas to get unbiased advice. Additionally, the document outlines conducting field analysis by asking potential customers about familiar competitors to identify opportunities. The overall goal is to understand competitors' strengths, weaknesses, costs and public image to help strategize your own business approach.
The document discusses managing disruptive innovation. It provides strategies for determining the minimum viable product (MVP) to enter new markets with and developing the value chain to determine where to enter the market. These strategies help address challenges like lack of market information and credibility when innovating disruptively. The discussion also emphasizes engaging the ecosystem, flexibility to change course based on new information, and taking a portfolio approach to managing disruptive innovation investments and risks.
The document discusses the importance of business model innovation for companies to remain competitive. It argues that most companies are "stuck in the middle", neither large enough to dominate nor differentiated enough to find a niche. It then outlines four key areas that determine company success: the markets it serves, its products/services, operating model, and cost structure. It stresses the need to re-examine these areas and be open to reinventing one's business model to create new value for customers and shareholders in a sustainable way.
The document discusses how established organizations can disrupt new disruptors entering the market. It argues that older companies have an overlooked advantage in their historical customer data and insights that can be leveraged through analytics to better understand customer needs and provide tailored experiences. However, companies often fail to utilize this data advantage. The document suggests that traditional players should experiment with customers, analyze profitable customer profiles, and surpass customer expectations to replicate these customers and gain an edge over new competitors.
The document summarizes Geoffrey Moore's book "Crossing the Chasm" which discusses the difficulties that high-tech companies face when transitioning from selling to early adopters to selling to the mainstream market. It notes that there is a large "chasm" between these two groups. The summary highlights that to cross this chasm, companies must focus intensely on a single niche "beachhead" market and achieve dominance before expanding. They must create a "whole product" and not just the core technology. Failing to properly target niches and focusing too much on sales can be fatal for companies trying to cross the chasm.
The document provides an overview of different types of buyers in B2B sales and how sales methodology needs to differ based on the buyer and type of solution being sold. It discusses three main types of buyers - early adopters, early majority, and late majority - who have different expectations and purchase processes. For innovative solutions targeting early adopters, the vendor engages with customers from the "mentor" phase through the full purchase process. For mature solutions sought by early majority buyers, vendors engage at the "case" phase during a competitive procurement. Commodity solutions sought by late majority only involve vendor engagement at the final "transaction" phase.
The document summarizes key points from the first chapter of the book "Crossing the Chasm" about technology adoption lifecycles. It describes 5 groups in the technology adoption lifecycle: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards. It notes that while companies often focus on moving from innovators to early adopters to early majority, there is actually a wide "chasm" between early adopters and early majority, as the basis for their purchases is different - early adopters want change agents while early majority want productivity improvements. Crossing this chasm from early adopters to early majority is the point of greatest risk for high-tech companies and their long-term marketing plans
This document discusses strategies for crossing the chasm from early adopters to mainstream markets. It outlines different market segments from innovators to laggards and describes the characteristics of early adopters versus mainstream pragmatists. The document recommends choosing a niche within the market that has an important problem to solve, developing a whole product aligned around features, service and brand image, and using an invasion strategy with a street sales force to build brand recognition and close early pragmatist customers in the target niche. Once the niche is conquered, the strategy is to move on to more profitable market segments.
This document discusses conducting a competitive analysis of other businesses in the same industry. It recommends calling competitors to ask questions as a potential customer and request their marketing materials. It also suggests calling competitors in other areas to get unbiased advice. Additionally, the document outlines conducting field analysis by asking potential customers about familiar competitors to identify opportunities. The overall goal is to understand competitors' strengths, weaknesses, costs and public image to help strategize your own business approach.
The document discusses managing disruptive innovation. It provides strategies for determining the minimum viable product (MVP) to enter new markets with and developing the value chain to determine where to enter the market. These strategies help address challenges like lack of market information and credibility when innovating disruptively. The discussion also emphasizes engaging the ecosystem, flexibility to change course based on new information, and taking a portfolio approach to managing disruptive innovation investments and risks.
The document discusses the importance of business model innovation for companies to remain competitive. It argues that most companies are "stuck in the middle", neither large enough to dominate nor differentiated enough to find a niche. It then outlines four key areas that determine company success: the markets it serves, its products/services, operating model, and cost structure. It stresses the need to re-examine these areas and be open to reinventing one's business model to create new value for customers and shareholders in a sustainable way.
The document discusses how established organizations can disrupt new disruptors entering the market. It argues that older companies have an overlooked advantage in their historical customer data and insights that can be leveraged through analytics to better understand customer needs and provide tailored experiences. However, companies often fail to utilize this data advantage. The document suggests that traditional players should experiment with customers, analyze profitable customer profiles, and surpass customer expectations to replicate these customers and gain an edge over new competitors.
1. Integrating marketing research, customers, and sales early in the R&D process helps ensure new products meet market needs and expectations, ultimately saving time and money. Developing products without understanding customer wants often leads to missed expectations and unsuccessful product launches.
2. The medical device company SonoSite is an example of success that stems from deep understanding of customer needs - the company was created to fulfill a request from the military for a compact ultrasound device.
3. Failing to involve customers, marketing, and sales early can result in overpriced or underpriced products that don't capture customer value, leading companies to lose money.
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Being able to develop a creative and state-of the art technology solution is a necessary but not sufficient condition for succeeding in today's crowded marketplace.
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1) The document discusses crossing the "chasm" between early adopters and the early majority when bringing a new technology product to market.
2) It recommends finding a "beachhead", a single niche market to target initially through focused marketing to gain a foothold before expanding.
3) The analogy of a D-Day invasion is used - targeting a specific point of attack, assembling forces, defining the battle, and launching the invasion to take over adjacent markets and achieve overall market domination.
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This document discusses evaluating industry conditions when exploring entrepreneurial opportunities. It focuses on understanding knowledge conditions and demand conditions within industries. Knowledge conditions refer to the expertise required to create and deliver products/services in an industry. Demand conditions examine the size, growth rate, and consistency of the market. Understanding these industry factors helps entrepreneurs decide which industries to enter and how to effectively compete. The document provides examples analyzing knowledge and demand conditions in the eLearning industry to illustrate how to research and evaluate these important industry characteristics.
The document outlines the key concepts and components of strategic market management. It discusses business strategy, sustainable competitive advantage, strategic business units, and the different concepts in strategic marketing management. The production concept, product concept, selling concept, marketing concept, and holistic marketing concept are explained. Finally, the components of strategic market management are listed as analyzing the current situation, assessing opportunities, identifying target markets, setting goals, developing strategies, creating an implementation timeline, and establishing a marketing budget.
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Running Head: Competitive Analysis of the Organization 6
Competitive analysis of the organization
It is important for any organization to thrive and succeed in their business markets. It is also vital for these particular firms to develop the need to analyze their competitor’s needs and strategies. Understanding competitor analysis however is important in ascertaining marketing planning strategies and processes. Strong competitors perhaps can hinder best performances of the firm and its general success, and at an advanced stages, it can lead to total failures. Competitive analysis however enables firms to anticipate their close competitor’s actions and that can enable the organization to exploit competitor’s weaknesses. The strategy also enables firms to identify their most unique selling points. The identification of the selling points however can be strengthened trough marketing campaigns. Competitive analysis however enables and aids successful competitors to continuously develop their best marketing strategies in acute response to the changes in the market place.
Based on porter’s five competitive forces, these strategies were developed basically as a framework for assessing and evaluating the business competitive strength and the firm’s business position. This strategy believes in the notion that five forces exist that determines the competitiveness and attractiveness of the market. It also identifies greatly where power lies in a business situation. Porter’s specifications are therefore important in realizing the strengths of the organization current competitive position, and it also predicts the organizational strength in the future. The forces however can be used by strategic analysts at advanced stages to realize if new products or services that prevail in the business environment are potentially profitable.
They can also use it to ascertain the areas that posses more strength, this will help in improving weaknesses and helps to avoid mistakes.
Porters five forces of competitive positions
Supplier power is the certainty of how suppliers make it easy to drive and raise prices. Normally, supplier power is driven by the number of suppliers for each particular input, the available of their products and services, the strengths supplier posses and the relative cost of switching from one particular supplier to the other. Suppliers posses power when: there are very few suppliers of a particular product, when substitute don’t exist, when the product is extremely important to the potential buyer who cannot do without it and also the degree of differentiation of inputs
Buyer power.Buyer’s posses the potential of lowering prices. This is normally ascertained by the number of buyers existing in the market. It is also related to the individual buyer to the organization. Cost of ...
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2) Successful robo-advice 2.0 will be based on providing personalized, relevant, and differentiated services for customers rather than just extra technological features.
3) Robo-advice appeals to customers who want affordable and convenient online investing options, and established players should recognize it as an opportunity rather than just a threat.
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Why should customers do business with us?Joe Orlando
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2. It recommends changing the competitive landscape by focusing on segments that value your unique strengths rather than competing directly with larger brands on their terms.
3. Specific strategies mentioned include targeting customer segments neglected by larger competitors, emphasizing strengths like specialized design, uptime, and responsiveness to certain customer needs.
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1. Integrating marketing research, customers, and sales early in the R&D process helps ensure new products meet market needs and expectations, ultimately saving time and money. Developing products without understanding customer wants often leads to missed expectations and unsuccessful product launches.
2. The medical device company SonoSite is an example of success that stems from deep understanding of customer needs - the company was created to fulfill a request from the military for a compact ultrasound device.
3. Failing to involve customers, marketing, and sales early can result in overpriced or underpriced products that don't capture customer value, leading companies to lose money.
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Being able to develop a creative and state-of the art technology solution is a necessary but not sufficient condition for succeeding in today's crowded marketplace.
You must be able to message your solution positioning and differentiated value proposition to your key target audiences;
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The document discusses applying innovation intelligence for market segmentation and targeting. It covers topics like understanding customer needs rather than wants, identifying non-customers, disruption theory, signals of change, and organizational reconnaissance to anticipate industry changes. Innovation types include business models, processes, products, and more. Framework areas discussed are risk, efficiency, customers, outlook, and novelty. Additional concepts covered are competitive benchmarking, growth vector analysis, and macro environmental analysis. The goal is to use intelligence approaches to minimize threats and maximize opportunities for strategic decision making.
1) The document discusses crossing the "chasm" between early adopters and the early majority when bringing a new technology product to market.
2) It recommends finding a "beachhead", a single niche market to target initially through focused marketing to gain a foothold before expanding.
3) The analogy of a D-Day invasion is used - targeting a specific point of attack, assembling forces, defining the battle, and launching the invasion to take over adjacent markets and achieve overall market domination.
Engineering Economics and EngineeringUnit-5.pdfsomnathmule3
This document provides an introduction to marketing concepts. It defines marketing as identifying and meeting human and social needs through creating and exchanging products. The objectives of marketing are to satisfy consumer and business needs/wants and provide value and satisfaction. Marketing involves the 4Ps - product, price, place, and promotion. It also discusses other concepts like needs, wants, demands, market segmentation, targeting, positioning, brands, and marketing philosophies from production to societal marketing.
This document discusses evaluating industry conditions when exploring entrepreneurial opportunities. It focuses on understanding knowledge conditions and demand conditions within industries. Knowledge conditions refer to the expertise required to create and deliver products/services in an industry. Demand conditions examine the size, growth rate, and consistency of the market. Understanding these industry factors helps entrepreneurs decide which industries to enter and how to effectively compete. The document provides examples analyzing knowledge and demand conditions in the eLearning industry to illustrate how to research and evaluate these important industry characteristics.
The document outlines the key concepts and components of strategic market management. It discusses business strategy, sustainable competitive advantage, strategic business units, and the different concepts in strategic marketing management. The production concept, product concept, selling concept, marketing concept, and holistic marketing concept are explained. Finally, the components of strategic market management are listed as analyzing the current situation, assessing opportunities, identifying target markets, setting goals, developing strategies, creating an implementation timeline, and establishing a marketing budget.
The document provides guidance to vendors on building a strategic relationship with Gartner to drive growth. It outlines how Gartner can help with sales effectiveness, brand awareness, product development, channel partners, and other areas. Gartner recommends strategically involving them early to improve critical decisions, support long-term growth, and mitigate risks. Specific support examples include reviewing marketing activities, validating technology and messaging, providing competitive insights, and advising on product launches, pricing, and other initiatives.
March 2015 Infinity Gaming Magazine - Is Commoditization a ThreatJohn Edmunds
Commoditization occurs when products become indistinguishable based on features and consumers purchase based solely on price. This document discusses strategies for companies facing commoditization threats. It recommends that companies pursue multiple response strategies, including innovation, value-added differentiation, and proactively managing commoditization as part of product roadmaps. Commoditization presents opportunities to use commoditized products as inputs for innovation and new platforms to move up the value chain. With careful strategic responses, companies can compete in commoditized markets and see commoditization as a growth opportunity rather than a threat.
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Running Head: Competitive Analysis of the Organization 6
Competitive analysis of the organization
It is important for any organization to thrive and succeed in their business markets. It is also vital for these particular firms to develop the need to analyze their competitor’s needs and strategies. Understanding competitor analysis however is important in ascertaining marketing planning strategies and processes. Strong competitors perhaps can hinder best performances of the firm and its general success, and at an advanced stages, it can lead to total failures. Competitive analysis however enables firms to anticipate their close competitor’s actions and that can enable the organization to exploit competitor’s weaknesses. The strategy also enables firms to identify their most unique selling points. The identification of the selling points however can be strengthened trough marketing campaigns. Competitive analysis however enables and aids successful competitors to continuously develop their best marketing strategies in acute response to the changes in the market place.
Based on porter’s five competitive forces, these strategies were developed basically as a framework for assessing and evaluating the business competitive strength and the firm’s business position. This strategy believes in the notion that five forces exist that determines the competitiveness and attractiveness of the market. It also identifies greatly where power lies in a business situation. Porter’s specifications are therefore important in realizing the strengths of the organization current competitive position, and it also predicts the organizational strength in the future. The forces however can be used by strategic analysts at advanced stages to realize if new products or services that prevail in the business environment are potentially profitable.
They can also use it to ascertain the areas that posses more strength, this will help in improving weaknesses and helps to avoid mistakes.
Porters five forces of competitive positions
Supplier power is the certainty of how suppliers make it easy to drive and raise prices. Normally, supplier power is driven by the number of suppliers for each particular input, the available of their products and services, the strengths supplier posses and the relative cost of switching from one particular supplier to the other. Suppliers posses power when: there are very few suppliers of a particular product, when substitute don’t exist, when the product is extremely important to the potential buyer who cannot do without it and also the degree of differentiation of inputs
Buyer power.Buyer’s posses the potential of lowering prices. This is normally ascertained by the number of buyers existing in the market. It is also related to the individual buyer to the organization. Cost of ...
This document summarizes a global market access workshop presented by Greg Horowitt of T2 Venture Capital. The workshop agenda included an overview of global markets, preparing for overseas entry, strategies for leveraging resources, and creating a market entry plan. Key topics discussed in the workshop included the importance of networks and partnerships in today's global business environment. The workshop also covered evaluating market opportunities, assessing risks, conducting market research, analyzing competitors, developing a value proposition, protecting intellectual property, and crafting an effective elevator pitch.
1) Robo-advice is proving to be more than just a passing trend and established financial institutions have an opportunity to develop next generation robo-advice offerings.
2) Successful robo-advice 2.0 will be based on providing personalized, relevant, and differentiated services for customers rather than just extra technological features.
3) Robo-advice appeals to customers who want affordable and convenient online investing options, and established players should recognize it as an opportunity rather than just a threat.
The document discusses the importance of marketing for businesses and provides statistics to support this. It notes that marketing helps define a company and its products to various stakeholders. Marketing is important because customers now do more online research, and companies face more competition for attention. The document then provides steps businesses can take to improve their marketing, such as evaluating current activities, understanding new technologies, and integrating different marketing disciplines.
Research is key to developing a successful content marketing strategy in today's business environment. As customers conduct more of their own research online before engaging with sales, content must shift from thought leadership to providing commercial insights that challenge existing views. High-quality proprietary research can influence audiences by addressing issues in a unique way and positioning the brand as larger and more credible. The document outlines how conducting market research and incorporating insights can help content marketing overcome challenges like monopolies, network effects, and customer lock-in.
The Mezzanine Group Competitive Intelligence For B2 B Companiesmeredithlow
B2B companies often struggle to get a clear picture of their competitive environment. Competitive intelligence research offers a compelling and ethical way to get the evidence you need to make robust decisions.
The document provides an overview of key concepts related to developing an effective go-to-market strategy. It discusses defining the target market through segmentation, targeting, and positioning. It also covers differentiating the product, choosing distribution channels, and understanding the broader ecosystem in which customers operate. The document emphasizes the importance of thought leadership and developing a value proposition to effectively communicate the benefits of the product or service.
Why should customers do business with us?Joe Orlando
1. The document discusses the importance of clearly explaining to customers why they should do business with you and differentiating yourself from competitors.
2. It recommends changing the competitive landscape by focusing on segments that value your unique strengths rather than competing directly with larger brands on their terms.
3. Specific strategies mentioned include targeting customer segments neglected by larger competitors, emphasizing strengths like specialized design, uptime, and responsiveness to certain customer needs.
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Competitive Analysis: Noise Smartwatch
Overview
Noise is an Indian electronics brand that primarily manufactures smartwatches, wireless earphones, and other electronic accessories. Noise smartwatches have gained significant popularity due to their affordable pricing, feature-rich offerings, and stylish designs. The competitive landscape for Noise smartwatches includes both local and international brands that cater to various market segments. This analysis will focus on key competitors, market positioning, product features, pricing strategies, and consumer preferences.
Key Competitors
Amazfit (Huami):
Strengths: Known for excellent battery life, robust fitness tracking, and premium build quality.
Weaknesses: Slightly higher price points compared to Noise.
Products: Amazfit Bip U, Amazfit GTS series.
Realme:
Strengths: Strong brand presence, integration with Realme smartphones, and aggressive pricing.
Weaknesses: Limited variety in smartwatch models.
Products: Realme Watch, Realme Watch S.
Boat:
Strengths: Competitive pricing, appealing designs, and extensive marketing.
Weaknesses: Relatively new to the smartwatch market, which may affect consumer trust.
Products: Boat Storm, Boat Flash.
Samsung:
Strengths: High brand credibility, advanced features, and premium design.
Weaknesses: Higher price points make it less accessible to budget-conscious consumers.
Products: Galaxy Watch Active 2, Galaxy Watch 3.
Xiaomi:
Strengths: Strong ecosystem integration, affordable pricing, and extensive features.
Weaknesses: Less focus on premium design compared to some competitors.
Products: Mi Band series, Mi Watch.
Market Positioning
Noise positions itself as an affordable yet feature-rich alternative in the smartwatch market. Its target demographic includes budget-conscious consumers and fitness enthusiasts who seek value for money without compromising on essential features like fitness tracking, notifications, and battery life. Noise leverages its strong online presence and partnerships with e-commerce platforms to reach its audience effectively.
Product Features Comparison
Noise Smartwatches:
Key Features: Heart rate monitoring, SpO2 tracking, multiple sports modes, customizable watch faces, notifications, and music control.
Battery Life: Typically lasts 7-10 days on a single charge.
Build Quality: Focus on lightweight and comfortable designs with water-resistant capabilities.
Amazfit Smartwatches:
Key Features: Advanced fitness tracking, GPS, AMOLED displays, and long battery life (up to 20 days).
Battery Life: 10-20 days depending on the model.
Build Quality: Premium materials and durable designs.
Realme Smartwatches:
Key Features: Basic fitness tracking, SpO2 monitoring, and notifications.
Battery Life: Up to 9 days.
Build Quality: Sleek designs but slightly limited in variety.
Boat Smartwatches:
Key Features: Heart rate monitoring, multiple sports modes, and customizable watch faces.
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Linowes_Summary_of_Crossing_the_Chasm.pdf
1. A Summary of “Crossing the Chasm”
By Jonathan S. Linowes, Parker Hill Technology
Geoffrey A. Moore, Crossing the Chasm, Marketing and Selling High-Tech
Products to Mainstream Customer (revised edition), HarperCollins Publishers,
New York, 1999
The high-tech marketing guru (and principle of The Chasm Group marketing
consultants), Geoffrey Moore offers time tested insights into the problems and dangers
facing growing software companies, and a blueprint for survival. This classic text (first
published in 1991) is widely accepted as “the bible for bringing cutting-edge products to
progressively larger markets.”
For the benefit of the reader, while I do not presume to do justice to Moore's book, I
attempt to summarize key points here:
A market is defined as
a set of actual or potential customers
for a given set of products or services
who have a common set of needs or wants, and
who reference each other when making a buying decision
The final point may be the least intuitive, but Moore says, "the notion that part of what
defines a high-tech market is the tendency of its members to reference each other when
making buying decisions-- is absolutely key to successful high-tech marketing."
Many business plans are based on a traditional Technology Adoption Life Cycle, a
smooth bell curve of high tech customers, progressing from Innovators, Early Adopters,
Early Majority, Late Majority, and finally Laggards. In turn, this model becomes the
foundation for a high-tech marketing model which says the way to develop a market is to
work the curve from left to right, progressively winning each group of users, using each
"captured" group as a reference for the next.
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2. Moore demonstrates that in fact, there are cracks in the curve, between each phase of the
cycle, representing a disassociation between any two groups; that is, "the difficulty any
group will have in accepting a new product if it is presented the same way as it was to the
group to its immediate left." The largest crack, so large it can be considered a chasm, is
between the Early Adopters and the Early Majority. Many (most) high tech ventures fail
trying to make it across this chasm.
Early Adopters are the rare breed of visionaries "who have the insight to match an
emerging technology to a strategic opportunity,… driven by a 'dream'. The core
dream is a business goal, not a technology goal, and it involves taking a quantum leap
forward in how business is conducted in their industry or by their customers…
Visionaries drive the high-tech industry because they see the potential for an 'order-
of-magnitude' return on investment and willingly take high risks to pursue that goal.
They will work with vendors who have little or not funding… As a buying group,
visionaries are easy to sell but very hard to please… because they are buying a
dream…They want to start out with a pilot project, which makes sense because they
are 'going where no man has gone before' and you are going with them. This is
followed by more project work, conducted in phases with milestones, and the like."
"You can succeed with the visionaries, and you can thereby get a reputation for being
a high flyer with a hot product, but that is not ultimately where the dollars are.
Instead, those funds are in the hands of more prudent souls who do not want to be
pioneers"
The Early Majority are pragmatists… "they care about the company they are buying
from, the quality of the product they are buying, the infrastructure of supporting
products and system interfaces, and the reliability of the service they are going to
get… Pragamatists tend to be 'vertically' oriented, meaning that they communicate
more with others like themselves within their own industry than do technology
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3. enthusiasts and early adopters… It is very difficult to break into a new industry
selling to pragmatists. References and relationships are very important…Pragmatists
won't buy from you until you are established, yet you can't get established until they
buy from you…
"On the other hand, once a startup has earned its spurs with the pragmatist buyers
within a given vertical market, they tend to be very loyal to it, and even go out of
their way to help it succeed. When this happens, the cost of sales goes way down, and
the leverage on incremental R&D to support any given customer goes way up. That's
one of the reasons pragmatists make such a great market…
"They like to see competition… Pragmatists want to buy from proven market leaders
because they know third parties will design supporting products around a market-
leading products… aftermarket…
"Overall, to market to pragmatists, you must be patient. You need to be conversant
with the issues that dominate their particular business. You need to show up at the
industry-specific conferences and trade shows they attend. You need to be mentioned
in articles that run in magazines they read. You need to be installed in other
companies in their industry. You need to have developed applications that are specific
to their industry. You need to have partnerships and alliances with the other vendors
who serve their industry. You need to have earned a reputation for quality and
service.
"Pragmatists are not anxious to reference visionaries in their buying decisions. Hence
the chasm. Four fundamental characteristics of visionaries that alienate pragmatists:
1. Lack of respect for colleagues' experiences.
2. Taking greater interest in technology than in their industry.
3. Failing to recognize the importance of existing product infrastructure.
4. Overall disruptiveness.
[picture pg 135]
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4. To cross the chasm, Moore advocates that a company focus on a single market, a
beachhead, win domination over a small specific market and use it as a springboard to
adjacent extended markets to win. See the D-Day analogy, below.
Applications vs. Platforms: "For actual chasm crossing applications have a huge
advantage. That is because disruptive innovations are more likely to be championed
by end users than by the technology professionals that operate the current
infrastructure. Applications are what an end user sees… And if the application fixes a
broken, mission-critical business process, they can insist on its deployment in spite of
an IT department's reluctance… To accelerate the adoption of platforms, then,
vendors must clothe them in applications clothing. That is, they must tie them directly
to an application in order to gain the end-user sponsorship necessary to secure a
beachhead."
Briefly, the way to cross the chasm requires the following steps (Moore spends an entire
chapter on each of these):
Target the point of attack: "Target a specific market niche as your point of attack and
focus all your resources on achieving the dominant leadership position in that
segment." Includes identifying the primary market identifiers: target customer,
compelling reason to buy, whole product (see below), and competition; and
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5. secondary market factors: partners and allies, distribution, pricing, positioning, next
target customer.
Assemble an invasion force: Create the whole product, "by thinking through your
customer's problems-- and solutions-- in their entirety". This includes the core
product plus everything else you need to achieve your compelling reason to buy,
including additional software, hardware, systems integration, installation and
debugging, training and support, standards and procedures, etc. These may be
provided in-house or by using partners and alliances.
Define the battle: that is, create the competition, define positioning, develop the
elevator pitch, build this into all your company communications. "1. Focus the
competition within the market segment established by your must-have value
proposition…2. Create the competition around what, for a pragmatist buyer,
represents a reasonable and reasonably comprehensive set of alternative ways of
achieving this value proposition. Do not tamper with this set artificially excluding a
reasonable competitor… 3. Focus your communications by reducing your
fundamental competitive claim to a two-sentence formula…in every piece of
company communications… always be sure to reinforce the second sentence of this
claim, the one that identifies your primary competition and how you are differentiated
from it… 4. Demonstrate the validity of your competitive claim… [to conclude you
are] the indisputable leader"
Launch the invasion: distribution and pricing. "The direct sales force is optimized for
creating demand. At its center is the consultative salesperson who works with the
client in needs analysis and then, supported by a team of application and technology
specialists, develops and proposes solutions, which, after additional interaction with
the customer, and a competitive procurement, turn into purchase orders. This is a very
expensive way to sell…Direct sales is the optimal channel for high tech. It is also the
best channel for crossing the chasm."
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6. The key to moving beyond one’s initial target niche is to select strategic target market
segments to begin with. That is, target a segment that, by virtue of its other
connections, creates an entry point into a larger segment.
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7. The following excerpt discusses the tendency to ignore niche marketing even though
business leaders “know better”.
This isn’t rocket science, but it does represent a kind of discipline. And it is here that high-
tech management shows itself most lacking. Most high-tech leaders, when it comes down
to making marketing choices, will continue to shy away from making niche commitments,
regardless. Like marriage-averse bachelors, they may nod in all the right places and say all
the right things, but they will not show up when the wedding bells chime. Why not?
First, let us understand that this is a failure of will, not of understanding. This is, it is not
that these leaders need to learn about niche marketing. MBA marketing curricula of the
past 25 years have been adamant about the need to segment markets and the advantages
gained thereby. No one, therefore, can or does plead ignorance. Instead, the claim is
made that, although niche strategy is generally best, we do not have time—or we cannot
afford—to implement it now. This is a ruse, of course, the true answer being much
simpler: We do not have, nor are we willing to adopt, any discipline that would ever require
us to stop pursuing any sale at any time for any reason. We are, in other words, not a
market-driven company; we are a sales-driven company.
Now, how bad can this really be? I mean, sales are good, right? Surely things can just
work themselves out, and we will discover our market, albeit retroactively, let to it by our
customers, yes? The true answers to the previous three questions are: (1) disastrous, (2)
not always, and (3) never in a million years.
The consequences of being sales-driven during the chasm period are, to put it simply,
fatal. Here’s why: The sole goal of the company during this stage of marketing
development must be to secure a beachhead in a mainstream market—that is, to create a
pragmatist customer base, we must ensure that our first set of customers completely
satisfy their buying objectives. To do that, we must ensure that the customer gets not just
the product, but… the whole product, the complete set of products and services needed to
achieve the desired result… Whole product commitments, however, are expensive…
Therefore must be made not only sparingly but strategically… This can only happen if the
sales effort is focused on one or two niche markets…
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One of the keys in breaking into a new market is to establish a strong word-of-mouth reputation
among buyers… Seeding this communications process is expensive, particularly once you leave the
early market, which in general can be reached through the technical press and related media, and
make the transition into the mainstream market. Pragmatist buyers, as we have already noted,
communicate along industry lines or through professional associations… Winning over one or two
customers in each of 5 or 10 different segments—the consequences of taking a sales-driven
approach—will create no word of mouth effect… This lack of word of mouth, in turn, makes selling
the product that much harder, thereby adding to the cost and the unpredictability of sales.
Finally, there is a third compelling reason to be niche focused when crossing the chasm, which as to
do with the need to achieve market leadership. Pragmatist customers want to buy from market
leaders… Now, by definition, when you are crossing the chasm, you are not a market leader. The
question is, How can you accelerate achieving that state? This is a matter of simple mathematics. To
be the leader in any given market, you need the largest market share—typically over 50 percent at
the beginning of a market, although it may end up to be as little as 30 to 35 percent later on… So, if
we want market leadership early on— …the only right strategy is to take a “big fish, small pond”
approach…
For all these reasons—for whole product leverage, for word-of-mouth effectiveness, and for
perceived market leadership—it is critical that, when crossing the chasm, you focus exclusively on
achieving a dominant position in one or two narrowly bounded market segments. If you do not
commit fully to this goal, the odds are overwhelmingly against your ever arriving in the mainstream
market.
Chasm, pp 67-71
9. The following excerpt gives a fictional account that is only too real of a high tech startup
roller coaster ride.
A High-Tech Parable
In the first year of selling a product—most of it alpha and beta release—the emerging high-tech
company expands its customer list to include some technology enthusiast innovators and one or
two visionary early adopters. Everyone is pleased, and at the first annual Christmas party, held on
the company premises, plastic glasses and potluck canapés are held high.
In the second year—the first year of true product—the company wins over several more visionary
early adopters, including a handful of truly major deals. Revenue meets plan, and everyone is
convinced it is time to ramp up—especially the venture capitalists who note that next year’s plan
calls for a 300 percent increase in revenue. (What could justify such a number? The technology
adoption profile, of course! For are we not just at that point in the profile where the slope is
increasing at its fastest point? We don’t want to lose market share at this critical juncture to some
competitor. Strike while the iron is hot!) This year the company Christmas party is held at a fine
hotel, the glasses are crystal, the wine vintage, and the theme, a la Dickens, is “Great
Expectations.”
At the beginning of the third year, a major sales force expansion is undertaken, impressive sales
collateral and advertising are underwritten, district offices are opened, and customer support is
strengthened. Halfway through the year, however, sales revenues are disappointing. A few more
companies have come on board, but only after a prolonged sales struggle and significant
compromise on price. The numbers of sales overall is far fewer than expected, and growth in
expenses is vastly outdistancing growth in income. In the meantime, R&D is badly bogged down
with several special projects committed to in the early contracts with the original customers.
Meetings are held. The salespeople complain that there are great holes in the product line and that
what is available today is overpriced, full of bugs, and not what the customer wants. The engineers
claim they have met spec and schedule for every major release, at which point the customer
support staff merely groan. Executive managers lament that the sales force doesn’t call high
enough in the prospect organization, lacks the ability to communicate the vision, and simply isn’t
aggressive enough. Nothing is resolved, and, off line, political enclaves begin to form.
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10. Third quarter revenues results are in—and they are absolutely dismal. It is time to whip the slaves.
The board and the venture capitalist start in on the founders and the president, who in turn put the
screws to the vice president of sales, who passes it on to the troops in the trenches. Turnover
follows. The vice-president of marketing is fired. It’s time to bring in “real management.” More
financing is required, with horrendous dilution for the initial cadre of investors—especially the
founders and the key technical staff. One or more founders object but are shunted aside. Six
months pass. Real management doesn’t do any better. Key defections occur. Time to bring in
consultants. More turnover. What we really need now, investors decide, is a turnaround artist.
Layoffs followed by more turnover. And so it goes. When the screen fades to the credits, yet
another venture rides off to join the twilight companies of Silicon Valley—enterprises on life
support, not truly alive and yet, due in part to the vagaries of venture capital accounting, unable to
choose death with dignity.
… What the company staff interpreted as a ramp in sales leading smoothly “up the curve” was in
fact an initial blip—what we will be calling early market—and not the first indications of an
emerging mainstream market. The company failed because its managers were unable to
recognize that there is something fundamentally different between a sale to an early adopter and a
sale to the early majority, even when the company name on the check reads the same.
Geoffrey Moore, “Crossing the Chasm (revised edition)”, pp23-25
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11. The following excerpt explains Moore’s analogy for how to successfully cross the chasm
and win.
The D-Day Analogy -- Fighting Your Way into the Mainstream
The perils of the chasm make this a life-or-death situation for you. You must win entry to the
mainstream, despite whatever resistance is posed. So, if we are going to be warlike, we might
as well be so explicitly. For guidance… [we look at] the Allied invasion of Normandy on D Day,
June 6, 1944…
Our long-term goal is to enter and take control of a mainstream market (Eisenhower’s Europe)
that is currently dominated by an entrenched competitor (the Axis). For our product to wrest the
mainstream market from this competitor, we must assemble an invasion force comprising other
products and companies (the Allies). By way of entry into this market, our immediate goal is to
transition from an early market base (England) to a strategic target market segment in the
mainstream (the beaches of Normandy). Separating us from our goal is the chasm (the English
Channel). We are going to cross that chasm as fast as we can with an invasion force focused
directly and exclusively on the point of attack (D Day). Once we force the competitor out of our
targeted niche markets (secure the beachhead), then we will move out to take over additional
market segments (districts of France) on the way toward overall market domination (liberation
of Europe)…
The key to the Normandy advantage, what allows the fledgling enterprise to win over
pragmatist customers in advance of broader market acceptance, is focusing an overabundance
of support into a confined market niche. By simplifying the initial challenge, the enterprise can
effectively develop a solid base of references, collateral, and internal procedures and
documentation by virtue of a restricted set of market variables. The efficiency of the marketing
process, at this point, is a function of the “boundedness” of the market segment being
addressed. The more tightly bound it is, the easier it is to create and introduce messages into it,
and the faster these messages travel by word of mouth.
Geoffrey Moore, “Crossing the Chasm (second edition)”, pg 66
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