https://ad1tya-tech.pages.dev/tags/crossingthechasm/ Recent content in Crossingthechasm on My New Hugo Project Hugo en-us Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://ad1tya-tech.pages.dev/posts/2026/01/2026-01-10-the-early-adopter-trap-how-to-cross-the-chasm-without-dying/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://ad1tya-tech.pages.dev/posts/2026/01/2026-01-10-the-early-adopter-trap-how-to-cross-the-chasm-without-dying/ <h1 id="the-technology-adoption-curve">The Technology Adoption Curve</h1> <p>Most Product Managers know the standard Bell Curve of adoption:</p> <ol> <li> <p><strong>Innovators (2.5%):</strong> Tech enthusiasts who try code on GitHub just for fun.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Early Adopters (13.5%):</strong> Visionaries looking for a competitive advantage.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Early Majority (34%):</strong> Pragmatists looking for a solution to a problem.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Late Majority (34%):</strong> Conservatives who buy only when forced.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Laggards (16%):</strong> Skeptics (User who still buy CDs).</p> </li> </ol> <p>We assume this is a smooth curve. You slide from one group to the next. Geoffrey Moore pointed out that <strong>it is not smooth.</strong> There is a massive crack—a <strong>Chasm</strong>—between the Early Adopters and the Early Majority.</p>