{"id":3692,"date":"2010-10-26T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T20:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.local\/?p=3692"},"modified":"2010-10-26T16:49:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T20:49:16","slug":"understanding-your-position-on-the-adoption-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.local\/understanding-your-position-on-the-adoption-curve\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding your position on the adoption curve"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>As innovators we spend all our time just beyond the edge of the curve, in that unknown space, tearing things apart then rebuilding them and getting them along the curve.<\/p>\n Often though we forget our place, there’s a reason that it’s not taken off yet, it hasn’t moved along the curve.<\/p>\n I remember when Yahoo Voice was awesome back in 2000, it took a few years for the equivalent Skype to really take off.<\/p>\n Or the GroupOn (deal a day) craze has taken off, people have been trying that for years, you see you have to see where you lye of the curve.<\/p>\n Know your place and understand how you’re going to talk to the rest of the curve.<\/p>\n A lot of arguments, lack of business resources could be solved just by understanding the curve and your position on it. \u00a0Go check it out on WikiPedia: Diffusion of innovations<\/a>.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n