The smallest viable audience
We believe that the only way to win is to have the biggest possible audience. But it actually never works like that.
The way it works is to find the smallest group of people who trust you enough. When you overwhelm them with delight, they will tell others. Any brand starts that way. Facebook started serving 100 Harvard students who needed a date. That was Facebook.
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