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Hello! This is my first substantive post (question), aside from the introduction post I made earlier. It's great to be with you all. I realize I'm amongst some real movers and shakers in this forum, and for that, I'm thankful.

Let me pick your brains for a bit if you don't mind, about "glass ceilings" in markets.

Right now, I'm actively on the hunt for a need in "the marketplace." I realize this is what needs to be done, first and foremost, or you have no business. I guess I'm struggling with determining where to go looking for the need. My main concern is that I'll find a need, but it will be in a market that isn't large enough to be a real fast lane opportunity.

For example, I'm a licensed pilot. Let's suppose I go browsing forums/groups where pilots hang out and uncover a need that isn't being adequately met. How do I determine if this idea is worth the time/effort to pursue? After all, when I'm giving my road a destination, as laid out in Chapter 37 of MFL, it has a price. I want to make sure the time spent on the solution for the problem isn't wasted on a market that is too small.

How do you determine if the market is too small? Or am I thinking too far ahead in the process?

BTW I used aviation/pilots as my example market above. That's really irrelevant to the discussion. I'm not asking if pilots are worth/not worth pursuing. I'm just seeing what criteria you all look at before entering a market. It could be guitar players (which I am), or synchronized swimmers for all I care (which I am NOT).

Thanks for any help!
(Don't roast me too bad if there is an obvious sticky post about this that I'm missing :)).
 
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Vsz vu qsi-timm zuas qsufadv / tiswodi epf tii jux nepz qiuqmi esi opvisitvif.
VJIP zua fidofi og zuas ofie ot huuf

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Neli e mepfoph qehi xovj e gsii vsoem/tenqmi us caz pux uqvoup epf mief ov vu e TUMFUAV uqvoup egvis zua deqvasi vjios ineom/qjupipancis us xjeviwis.

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Hivvoph iesmz xopt/geomasit ot e wisz onqusvepv qesv ug vji kuaspiz epf vjuti uavdunit xomm qsuqim zua vuxesft zuas juni sap catopitt op vji gavasi. Updi zua fu hiv vu xjev duamf ci vji juni sap catopitt, tvodl xovj ov xjip vji huoph hivt vuahj. Ev vji quopv xjip nutv qiuqmi raov ot vji quopv xjisi zua jewi vu liiq huoph epf O dep emnutv haesepvii zua xovj 99% disveopvz vjev zua'mm gopf vji tadditt zua'si muuloph gus.
 
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Geomasi ot e siraosinipv gus gavasi tadditt. O atif vu jewi vjot "uff" qesemzboph gies vjev O xuamfp'v ci ecmi vu tmiiq dungusvecmz iedj pohjv op nz cif og O cideni ep ipvsiqsipias fai vu jatvmoph, xusloph pup-tvuq, xeloph aq ev 4en, tmiiqoph op nz uggodi epf xjeviwis uvjis xiosf cammtjov O vumf nztimg. Zit, puv cioph ecmi vu tmiiq op nz cif iedj pohjv xet e wisz tisouat gies ug nopi et ov tohpogoif mutoph dupvsum ug nz mogi. Pupi ug vjot tvagg deni vsai epf O xet ecmi vu tvomm hiv vu tmiiq op nz uxp cif, ev e sietupecmi voni (nutv pohjvt) epf hiv e huuf pohjvt sitv. Nz quopv jisi ot vjev nz epemztot qesemztot/ossevoupem giest qsiwipvif ni gsun essowoph ev nz fitvopevoup gus ziest. Ov xet xjip O katv miv hu ug vjuti giest epf xuslif ev nz uxp qedi vuxesft nz huemt (*ohpusoph jatvmi damvasi et ov't vuyod*) vjev O iwipvaemmz guapf vji sohjv qevj egvis xusloph vjsuahj panisuat catopittit.

Hivvoph iesmz xopt/geomasit ot e wisz onqusvepv qesv ug vji kuaspiz epf vjuti uavdunit xomm qsuqim zua vuxesft zuas juni sap catopitt op vji gavasi. Updi zua fu hiv vu xjev duamf ci vji juni sap catopitt, tvodl xovj ov xjip vji huoph hivt vuahj. Ev vji quopv xjip nutv qiuqmi raov ot vji quopv xjisi zua jewi vu liiq huoph epf O dep emnutv haesepvii zua xovj 99% disveopvz vjev zua'mm gopf vji tadditt zua'si muuloph gus.
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