A B2B software founder rode a wave of scrappy early customers, then watched growth stall as pragmatic buyers keep asking "who else like us is using this?" Brian and Dave name the wall — the chasm, from the playbook Geoffrey Moore popularized in "Crossing the Chasm," building on the older technology-adoption lifecycle. They get into why the vision pitch that won early adopters is noise to the mainstream, why references carry the most weight inside a segment, and the two-move fix — a narrow beachhead plus the "whole product" — along with where the model doesn't apply. Monday Move: write one sentence — "We are the obvious choice for ______" — and fill the blank with a single narrow segment. No "and," no second market.
Written version and this week's Monday Move: The Operator's Library at mmsvegas.com.
What is The 10-Minute Marketing Fix?
The greatest marketing ideas of all time, explained in ten minutes, with one thing you can do Monday morning.
Each episode takes one real business problem, pulls out the principle that actually solves it, and hands you the move. Brian Kasday and his co-host work an enduring marketing principle out of the seminar and into a business you would actually recognise. No hype, no jargon, nothing you need a whiteboard for.
Part of The Operator's Canon, from MMS Vegas and The Operator's Library at mmsvegas.com.