Crossing the Chasm

Crossing the Chasm

by Geoffrey A. Moore

11 mentors recommend this 234 pages

Crossing the Chasm (1991; rev. 1999) demonstrates the existence of distinct marketing challenges for each market segment in the life cycle of new technology-based products. A significant gulf -- the "chasm" -- exists between the market made up of early adopters and the markets of more pragmatic buyers. To cross the chasm, a product team must identify the needs of pragmatic buyers and deliver a "whole product" that more than meets those needs. This landmark book, part of the HarperBusiness Essent

ISBN: 9780066620022

Who Recommends This Book 11

Aaron Levie

Aaron Levie

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Read these three books: Crossing the Chasm, the Innovators Dilemma, and Behind the Cloud. These three combined, if you binge and read them all, you will come out ahead."

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"[One of] four good books that I would highly recommend reading if you're gonna build a B2B software company."

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Seth Godin

Seth Godin

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Helps us understand that it is a myth — an incorrect myth, a false myth — to believe that we can start with an idea for a few people and ride it from early adopter to early majority to late majority to laggard."

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Ron Conway

Ron Conway

Finance & Investing

"Bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries."

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Andrew Ng

Andrew Ng

Technology

"For B2B, I recommend “Crossing the Chasm.” For B2C, one of my favorite books is “The Lean Startup,” which takes a narrower view but it gives one specific tactic for innovating quickly. It’s a little narrow but it’s very good in the area that it covers."

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Changpeng Zhao

Changpeng Zhao

Finance & Investing

"Has helped me hone my message with regard to talking about Binance to the world."

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Chris Dixon

Chris Dixon

Finance & Investing

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Ev Williams

Ev Williams

Business & Entrepreneurship

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