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by NathanRice 5100 days ago
It is very easy to find a niche related to something you actually like. The title of this article is a troll.

But, that being said, all you people who can't do market research, please follow this advice to try and chase the low hanging fruit. I'll continue turning over rocks to find gold. Stuff like this just keeps you the hell out of my way.
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spiredigital 5100 days ago
Sure, it's easy to find a niche related to something you like but the point of the article is that - if you want to build a profitable business - your personal interests shouldn't be the barometer by which you make a decision.

Instead, you should look for a product/niche/problem that is well suited for building a successful business around.

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NathanRice 5097 days ago
People who are motivated primarily by profit have missed the bus and are sitting in the terminal at 3 AM in the shivering cold.

Create something beautiful, and learn how to package it. By starting from the premise of "how do I make money" you ensure that you will merely be spewing more inane filth into the world. This is why I hate the internet marketing jerks who spend their days making landing pages for affiliate marketing products while performing SEO to pollute keyword index rankings. People like that might as well not exist, and in fact it would be better if they didn't.

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clarky07 5100 days ago
hopefully you are less of a dick to your customers in these awesome niches you are serving.
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NathanRice 5098 days ago
I will be a dick repeatedly and to the greatest of my ability to people who create only to make money. Create something beautiful and figure out how to market it, don't find a market and try to capitalize on it. Steve Jobs called people who try to squeeze markets rather than create great things "sick," "demented," and "parasites." In this case I think he's right.
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