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These are all available: startuphacker.com hackerbusiness.com (or hackerbiz.com) businesshacker.net hackerventure.com foundernews.com foundermaker.com beafounder.com techstarting.com techmaker.com founderstart.com makerstart.com (As an aside, I'm always impressed at how quickly you respond to criticism, even minor nits like domain names)
I like the foundernews.com suggestion.
Start a Stackexchange site with like-minded HN folks? http://blog.stackexchange.com/post/518474918/stack-exchange-... And don't forget good ol' Slashdot. Alot of the old trolls moved on the new hotness social media sites.
I've started going back to reddit, the subreddits seem to do a pretty good job of staying on-topic these days. Other than that, http://allyourstartuparebelongto.us/ looks like it might be a promising alternative (although I hate the domain name with a passion). If you like the ISV space, The Business of Software forums are good: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz I would like something close to HN from…
If you want the HN of 3 years ago, http://allyourstartuparebelongto.us/ is for you. I'm looking for a better domain name. Suggestions are welcome. I've been trying to get startup.co and techstartu.ps, but so far no luck. The submission/banning criteria is actionable startup advice for tech startup founders. Relevant tech is OK as long as it directly relates to or is obviously useful to startups. No news. And no polit…
As a (almost)first-time, solo entrepreneur who is bootstrapping (yes I have almost everything going against me!), I would really value a community/forum like this. There are times when I'd like to discuss things, seek support, and learn from what others are doing in a more casual setting. HN is great for learning but as a community for informal discussion, it seems just a tad heavyweight.
We have exactly the same problem. (I'm a solo bootstrapper too). It sounds like I should just go ahead and start this entrepreneur forum that I'm envisioning.
The lean startup circle Google group is pretty active, with decent SNR.
Great find, by the way.
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We have exactly the same problem. (I'm a solo bootstrapper too). It sounds like I should just go ahead and start this entrepreneur forum that I'm envisioning.
no don't do that. if you are solo, you need to be focussed on what you are building. Creating something of HN scale would consume you and if you just want a community for few people, just add them to a mailing list or something.
If you don't plan to monetize and brand that forum, I think subreddit is the way to go.
A Stackexchange site might be too. It seems the main difference b/t the two is that the Reddit/HN format is oriented submitting links for discussion and pithy comments, whereas SE is oriented around submitting questions for specific answers and collective problem-solving. The latter might be more what the OP is looking for.
I love browsing through a tons of different subreddits that have now matured and grown very interesting. In decreasing order of interest to me: http://www.reddit.com/r/somethingimade/ http://www.reddit.com/r/longtext/ http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/ http://www.reddit.com/r/PhilosophyofScience/ http://www.reddit.com/r/cogsci/ http://www.reddit.com/r/startups/ http://www.reddit.com/r/math/ http://www.reddit.com/r/…
http://www.reddit.com/r/solostartups/
I'm going to start posting my "Not quite formal enough for HN" stuff there, since I tend to be self conscious when posting stupid questions related to working on my startup alone to the general HN audience. It's not Hacker News' fault, I'm just to shy to put myself out in front of such a large audience most of the time.
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We have exactly the same problem. (I'm a solo bootstrapper too). It sounds like I should just go ahead and start this entrepreneur forum that I'm envisioning.
no don't do that. if you are solo, you need to be focussed on what you are building. Creating something of HN scale would consume you and if you just want a community for few people, just add them to a mailing list or something.
However, I don't want to stay solo. I have been solo for two years. It's too much work and not as fun as a partnership.
Building a community is a long-term investment. It will give me a wider range of resources and opportunities.
Plus, I have often found that I become more creative, focused, and generally better at things when I interact with other people periodically, even with regular non-hacker-founders (alone time is important too of course). I imagine having a social circle of smart entrepreneurs will be exponentially more beneficial to each individual. Y-Combinator is so sought after because of that social aspect.
Great products are nice, but great friends are even better.