Scott Adams used his previous knowledge from obtaining his bachelors degree and M.B.A to help support his ideas behind Dilbert. Adams also used previous job experiences and popular opinion of the people to gain support behind his cartoons. I believe Dilbert was an unusual risk Adams took that most people would not in fear of failing. Scott Adams had the proper and intelligent idea behind his marketing plan which does follow an entrepreneur outline in some ways, but he added his own twist to the tips and techniques. His ability to understand the target group of people to be successful was thinking simply which most people do not do. He knew you had to target the employees instead of the bosses and he later found out that the employees were more drawn to the cartoons where the boss was clueless and the workers knew more. An advantage Adams had was working with a lot of people and having an understanding behind the behavior traits of many different groups of