Startups That Started As Blogs • Hacker News Board

Re: Startups That Started As Blogs

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Post by catwell » Tue, Aug 20, 2013, 9:31 PM UTC

Deezer was originally a blog called Blogmusik. It was streaming music illegally and was shut down following a trial by the French equivalent of RIAA, then re-launched as Deezer.

EDIT: I realized that Deezer is not well-known in the US. It is a major music startup competing with the likes of Spotify and rdio in the rest of the world.

Re: Startups That Started As Blogs

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Post by jere » Tue, Aug 20, 2013, 9:50 PM UTC

bdcravens wrote: post #8

Seems like most of the comments on here aren't getting it. The article isn't talking about products that were discussed on a blog; it's referring to blogs that pivoted into a product.

How is "Dalton Caldwell express[ing] his distaste for Twitter's decision to restrict its API" a product?

Re: Startups That Started As Blogs

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Post by RickyShaww » Tue, Aug 20, 2013, 9:58 PM UTC

The evolution of blogs. I'm quite fascinated by the efforts and sh!t load of works the have put into it.

Re: Startups That Started As Blogs

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Post by rrhoover » Tue, Aug 20, 2013, 10:24 PM UTC

There are several examples of startups taking a blog-first approach. While I was writing this, I found it surprising no one else was talking about this.

Re: Startups That Started As Blogs

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 12:51 AM UTC

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Re: Startups That Started As Blogs

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Post by elchief » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 2:49 AM UTC

ibudiallo wrote: post #3

How about stackoverflow? It was slowly introduced with coding horror.

and joelonsoftware

Re: Startups That Started As Blogs

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Post by pushkargaikwad » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 6:28 AM UTC

Ideally we want to say "Businesses that started as blogs". SEOBook is a great example, Aaron started it as a blog in 2005 where he used to put daily seo news, then he slowly converted it into a business and is now offering tools and there is a paid forum. SEOMoz is another such example.