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Re: HN: I'm building a TC alternative. Will you share your startup's story with me?

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Post by covercash »

dgallagher wrote: post #20
davidbalbert wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be honest, I kind of like the tone of Techcrunch. The fact that many of the writers on Techcrunch have their own voice makes Techcrunch more fun to read than other tech blogs. If you're looking to build a competing startup news blog, I think creating a unique voice for yourself is a good way to build your brand.

Another option would be to have two versions of each article. First, the "your own voice" article, and then the "journalistic style" article which gets to the point quickly, doesn't inject opinion into the news, etc...

Interesting idea. Perhaps even do it in a 'readability' style where the main article is in your own voice with injected opinions and the 'readability' version is just facts.

Maybe even allow the 'readability' version to be edited wiki style...

Re: HN: I'm building a TC alternative. Will you share your startup's story with me?

#32

Post by jacquesm »

g0atbutt wrote: post #25

As of 4:12p eastern time, 19 startups from HN have already gotten in touch with me. There are some really great companies brewing on HN, and I'm looking forward to covering them. The response has been fantastic. I can't wait to see what else comes in.

Consider switching to a more neutral nick for the extra professional look and/or flesh out your profile.

I realize you mean well but my first association was with goatse and that can't be your intention.

Re: HN: I'm building a TC alternative. Will you share your startup's story with me?

#33

Post by jaxn »

DanLivesHere wrote: post #22

I think you need to do a lot of lists. I'm serious. There are a LOT of tiny startups out there and you can hit upon 10 at once this way, while also building good content. I'm going to be self-serving here, but it makes it easier to articulate my idea and point. I have a small, "lifestyle startup"/hobby -- a daily email newsletter where I share awesome/true facts like how Abraham Lincoln created the Secret Service the…

You probably know that space pretty well then. Would you be willing to write that list and post it on HN or on your blog?

Re: HN: I'm building a TC alternative. Will you share your startup's story with me?

#36

Post by jacquesm »

nonrecursive wrote: post #29

I think this is great. My first impression, though, was that the name "g0atbutt" does not inspire confidence. Just my 2 cents.

Absolutely. I wonder what the response would have been if his nick would have been either something techy or just his name.

Re: HN: I'm building a TC alternative. Will you share your startup's story with me?

#37

Post by phlux »

davidbalbert wrote: post #17
jokermatt999 wrote: post #13

Please, try to be more professional in tone and more reliable in information than TechCrunch.

To be honest, I kind of like the tone of Techcrunch. The fact that many of the writers on Techcrunch have their own voice makes Techcrunch more fun to read than other tech blogs. If you're looking to build a competing startup news blog, I think creating a unique voice for yourself is a good way to build your brand.

I don't have a problem with them having their own voice, I take issue with their utter lack of spell-check / proof reading.

There is no secondary editor previewing the content, and it makes them look like fools.

May as well be the individual writer's home blog - rather than the content of a site which was worthy of a multi-million dollar acquisition by media giant, AOL.

Re: HN: I'm building a TC alternative. Will you share your startup's story with me?

#38

Post by DanLivesHere »

jaxn wrote: post #33
DanLivesHere wrote: post #22

I think you need to do a lot of lists. I'm serious. There are a LOT of tiny startups out there and you can hit upon 10 at once this way, while also building good content. I'm going to be self-serving here, but it makes it easier to articulate my idea and point. I have a small, "lifestyle startup"/hobby -- a daily email newsletter where I share awesome/true facts like how Abraham Lincoln created the Secret Service the…

You probably know that space pretty well then. Would you be willing to write that list and post it on HN or on your blog?

I'd be glad to. I don't really use my blog. I could do it as an HN post, but that'd be a bit too self-serving....

Re: HN: I'm building a TC alternative. Will you share your startup's story with me?

#39

Post by phlux »

covercash wrote: post #31
dgallagher wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another option would be to have two versions of each article. First, the "your own voice" article, and then the "journalistic style" article which gets to the point quickly, doesn't inject opinion into the news, etc...

Interesting idea. Perhaps even do it in a 'readability' style where the main article is in your own voice with injected opinions and the 'readability' version is just facts. Maybe even allow the 'readability' version to be edited wiki style...

1. That would be great -- Wiki could be a bullet list -- And a list of tagged links

Re: HN: I'm building a TC alternative. Will you share your startup's story with me?

#40

Post by vannevar »

nonrecursive wrote: post #29

I think this is great. My first impression, though, was that the name "g0atbutt" does not inspire confidence. Just my 2 cents.

With that username, are we sure this isn't Arrington? Maybe the AOL straightjacket is chafing a little...
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