I was intrigued by Lindsey Harper’s post, “How I Used Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to Validate my Startup Idea.” If you’ve ever worked with market research firms, built your own panels, or have hit the pavement trying to collect your own market research you know it can be expensive and/or time consuming. The idea of having a broad and cheap sounding board available online was very appealing. I figured I would give it a shot and run a …