ideas from joe betts-lacroix meant to evoke ideas from you

2010-04-07

Hype Chasm

I noticed two of my favorite ways of looking at technology markets, the Gartner Hype Cycle and Geoffrey Moore's Technology Adoption Life Cycle are different ways of looking at the same thing. When distinct concepts collapse into each other, I get excited, so I made this diagram to show what I mean:

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  1. This idea just popped into my head today and upon Googling around to see if anyone else had the same idea I came upon your site. Awesome!

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    1. Thanks! Probably someone else has thought of this before me, too :)

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  2. Seems to me that the Trough of Disillusionment can often occur after the chasm - between the bowling alley and the tornado

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    1. Yeah, the timing is a bit approximate, but I think the overall correlation holds. Thanks for commenting.

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