80/20 Power Curve

Use this skill to find where a small minority of inputs creates most of the value, cost, waste, demand, or opportunity. It is based on 80/20 Sales and Marketing by Perry Marshall.

Source Traceability

Primary source: 80/20 Sales and Marketing, chapters 1, 5, 14, and the appendix.

• Chapter 1 introduces compounding 80/20 behavior and warns against average thinking.
• Chapter 5 applies the power curve to business opportunity and resource shifts.
• Chapter 14 explains why positive feedback creates non-linear outcomes.
• The appendix gives the math-oriented version of the power curve.

Workflow

1. Name The Population