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Sorry for so many business posts! This is what happens when I am well rested and full of Turkey :-) Scott Switzer suggests that you ought to develop in this order:

API First, Mobile Second, Web Third

He claims that the most important consumer of your product in this age is not necessarily a person, but a machine. I agree with him from a scale perspective. Thinking about how your product can add value to other products and services is the fastest way to grow. However, I would recommend approaching things from the opposite order when designing the product. Choosing the ultimate use case with a human in mind (usually yourself) is the best place to start.

Google Maps has to be one of the best examples on both ends.  

Great post from Sahil Lavingia.

"I think that the three big areas most startups (I use this word loosely) fit into is - 

Providing a product, like 37signals.

Creating a community, like Pinterest.

Building a useful platform, like Twilio."

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Nina Kix does a nice job highlighting some of the problems with Facebook.