Crossing the Chasm¶
Moore, G. A. (1991). Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers.
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Primes¶
- Concentration
- The decisive point is the beachhead: a single narrow segment where the startup can plausibly achieve local superiority — dominate a small market completely — because the returns there are non-linear (winning a beachhead establishes references, cash flow, and a defensible position that cascade into adjacent markets
This sourceDevelops the beachhead strategy — concentrating limited startup resources to dominate a single narrow segment whose non-linear returns cascade into adjacent markets.
- The decisive point is the beachhead: a single narrow segment where the startup can plausibly achieve local superiority — dominate a small market completely — because the returns there are non-linear (winning a beachhead establishes references, cash flow, and a defensible position that cascade into adjacent markets
- Objective Creep
- In corporate strategy, a company launching to a single segment expands to adjacent segments, geographies, and product lines until the original beachhead is under-resourced and it is competing where it has no advantage.
This sourceArgues for focusing on a single beachhead segment, and the dilution that follows from expanding to adjacent segments prematurely.
- In corporate strategy, a company launching to a single segment expands to adjacent segments, geographies, and product lines until the original beachhead is under-resourced and it is competing where it has no advantage.
Mechanisms¶
- Anchor Customer Precommitment
- An anchor is often an early adopter whose needs diverge from the mainstream, so a commitment can validate a thesis that dies at the chasm.
This sourceMoore's chasm separates early adopters from mainstream pragmatists, whose proof and reference needs differ.
- An anchor is often an early adopter whose needs diverge from the mainstream, so a commitment can validate a thesis that dies at the chasm.
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