10.4 — Failure #3: Cultural Mismatch
Culture is the environmental world shaping how someone thinks and behaves.
Broad niches ignore:
- humour
- norms
- pressure
- expectations
- identity loops
- emotional worlds
They assume:
- a tradie in Newcastle = a tradie in Miami
- a teacher in the UK = a teacher in rural Victoria
- a mum in Brisbane = a mum in Toronto
Completely false.
When culture isn’t captured, the niche becomes flavourless and unrecognisable.
Cultural mismatch = niche failure.