“Crossing the Chasm” revisited

7th April 2015 |   Bob Apollo

When Geoffrey Moore published the first edition of Crossing the Chasm over 20 years ago, it rapidly became a B2B sales and marketing classic – rated by Inc. magazine as one of the top-ten marketing books of all time. Moore’s focus on the behavioural chasm that exists between innovators and pragmatist buyers was a revelation to a generation of technology marketers.

It’s probably accurate to claim that a large number of market-leading businesses (and Silicon Valley fortunes) were built upon the principles enshrined in that book. But new generations of disruptive technology start-ups have emerged in the period since the book was first published, and it’s appropriate to ask: is Moore’s methodology still as relevant today?

Bob Appollo

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Bob Apollo is the founder of UK-based Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners, the B2B sales effectiveness experts. Following a successful career spanning start-ups, scale-ups and corporates, Bob now spends his time as a coach and advisor to growth-phase technology-based businesses, equipping them to adopt the principles of Outcome-Centric Selling.