Finding a widely held problem

[bensheldon]

In #2 there was this:

I did see that, on the parent blogs, the tier system was something that parents were really interested in and trying to understand.

For civic tech problems, what are some other ways to identify whether a problem is widely held, or it just lives in the head of a single person (e.g. "Management Problem").

• Seek out a community on GovLoop
• Other government, or civic forum?

It's also maybe useful to note whether a problem lives within an existing social community (not necessarily a geographical one). Targeting people who self-identify with a particular community might be easier then trying to cobble together a whole lot of lone wolfs who aren't able to recognize the shared experience (i.e. do they recognize you're solving a problem, not just their problem).