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Sent from ProtonMail Mobile On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 7:19 AM, Logan Streondj via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, So I read some more of the "Beyond the Chasm" marketing book. They > talk about how ther are enthusiasts/innovators, which like trying out new > tech, and they will pretty much try anything so long as it is free and they > can help make it better. but they generally don't have much money to throw at > these things. One of the main interesting points from a financial standpoint > is that some innovators/enthusiasts may have access to "visionaries" or > approximately VP/VC level people that want to use the technology to get ahead > of the competition in some manner. Typically they will have access to > millions of dollars, and may have some vision for how they can utilize the > technology for their particular purpose, so it's kindof a double-edged sword, > on the one hand it's a good source of funding, on the other hand they will > likely want/need some control over how the product is made to make it > applicable for their use-case. These visionaries are pretty few and far in > between and generaly they want something new, so only have at most a few > chances once one of these visionaries picks up on it. Since after a while > "the next big thing" will show up and they'll be off doing that. So the idea > is that have to utilize the resouorces given in this initial burst to launch > to the early-majority, or the "pragmatists". they stick with things longer > term, but they need references in order to feel safe with using something. > However they dont' count visonaries as references, but only other pragmatists > as references. The key here is have to find a small B2B niche that is > "hurting real bad" for a solution that our tech can alleviate/solve. once > have the product developed for that small B2B niche, can have some good > references, and can get a toehold into the early-majority. at which point > have to spread to other niches, until have enough of a strong-hold to have > wide appeal. I think an ICO may be equivalent to a "visionary" early-adopter > kinda fund. so it would make sense for SingNet to pick some pragmatist niche > to initially specialize for, and then move out from there. for example The > most natural "pragmatist niche" for Pyash is providing software for managing > formal multi-lingual meetings, basically replacing the roles of > president/secretary/translator. particularly useful for multi-national > holding companies, government bodies that have multiple official languages, > and corporations operating within a linguistically diverse area. though I > think something like that would have to be after the software supermarket is > setup, as the software supermarket is basically and outsourcing solution that > makes it cheaper/easier to develop other software. What ideas do you have for > bringing either SingNet/AGI or your projects through the adoption lifecycle? > -- Logan Streondj, A dream of Gaia's future. twitter: > https://twitter.com/streondj You can use encrypted email with me, how to: > https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/ key fingerprint: BD7E 6E2A E625 6D47 > F7ED 30EC 86D8 FC7C FAD7 2729 ------------------------------------------ > Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: > https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Td7a8f23ab13f0b5f-M465b2bdbba56004d47b97b9a > Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Td7a8f23ab13f0b5f-Mc2be912879fa47fefdff8ee0 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups
