The contemporary idea in online business is that you need to build an audience, get to know their needs, and then build something they want.
It's focused a lot on *who* you serve. (Who are these people? Do they have money? Where do they hang out?)
But is this the best way? 
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One problem with "first, find a group of people" is that it forces you to draw boundaries *that might not matter.* Initially,
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Our positioning should reflect: - the job that's being done - a recognizable product category (Instead of guessing which groups/personas we think our app might be for)
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Having an audience certainly provided me with an advantage in the podcasting space, but it's no substitute for overall customer demand. I'd take "thousands of non-fans actively searching for a solution" over "thousands of Twitter fans" any day.
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The problem with having lots of followers is they're aligned around you, instead of being aligned around a problem-space. If you're looking to build a product company, you need a group of people looking for that solution! In most cases, only a tiny % of your audience will care.
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I agree, but would like to add my 2cents: Who? is the right question. It's a market of people actively trying to solve a problem. An "audience" is more like "people who know and trust me". In that way, building the audience first is like building brand recognition first.
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Which is backwards. Definitely find the problem people are spending money on before building a brand.
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I think many companies have approached it this way. When established businesses go into other areas, I feel like they have that data on the what
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"What are people spending money on right now? What problems are they actively trying to solve?"
"Who has money to spend and what might they need?"