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Re:Ask HN: What is my market size? by kitcar on Sunday June 19, 2011 @10:40PM (#2672624)
Market Capitalization (market cap) is a term from finance which refers to the number of shares of your company outstanding multiplied by the average dollar value of each share - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_capitalization . I think what you are after is potential market size, not market cap.

Anyways, one issue with your calculation is that you assume that 100% of people have the ability to use your service - I assume they need a computer, Internet access + a credit card of some type to use your service, and 100% of US full time works do not have all three those things.

Re:Ask HN: What is my market size? by joshu on Sunday June 19, 2011 @11:18PM (#2672708)
Yes, thanks.

He means TAM, total addressable market.