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by hansef 5045 days ago
In my opinion probably a more viable approach for testing consumer-oriented ideas (e.g. "Daycare Review Service") than B2B products (e.g "Lesson Scheduling for Music Teachers"), but some really useful and actionable stuff here.
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By and large, I'd agree with you, but consider that people are still people when they're off work. By that I mean, if the decision maker you're looking for could easily be on Mechanical Turk in their off time. I can promise there are Music Teachers on mTurk, just like there are marketers, hr reps, sales people, real estate agents, etc.
@hansef - this was (is?) definitely my impression. But turns out mTurk users, on average, are more educated than the average population. Many in business roles. We were surprised by some of the responses, and indeed the b2b profiles on some of our profiles. I guess like everything startup, worth testing and challenging assumptions.