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crossing-the-chasm

wondelaiby wondelai16 days ago896

Navigate the technology adoption lifecycle from early adopters to mainstream market. Use when the user mentions "crossing the chasm", "beachhead segment", "whole product", "early adopters vs. mainstream", "tech go-to-market", "bowling pin strategy", "technology adoption lifecycle", or "pragmatist buyers". Also trigger when a startup has early traction but struggles to grow beyond initial users, or when planning go-to-market for technical products. Covers D-Day analogy, bowling-pin strategy, and positioning against incumbents. For product positioning, see obviously-awesome. For new market creation, see blue-ocean-strategy.

Install

npx skills add https://github.com/wondelai/skills --skill crossing-the-chasm
Show step-by-step
  1. 1

    Open your terminal

    • Mac: Press ⌘ Space, type "Terminal", press Enter
    • Windows: Press Win R, type "cmd", press Enter
  2. 2

    Paste the command above and press Enter

    Use the Copy command button, then paste in your terminal (Mac: ⌘V, Windows: Ctrl V).

  3. 3

    Restart Claude Code

    Close and reopen Claude Code, or start a new session, so it picks up the new skill.

Where it lives
~/.claude/skills/wondelai--skills--crossing-the-chasm/
├── SKILL.md
└── ... (skill resource files)
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