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Comment by guynamedloren | Hacker News Reader

Fantastic interview, but I see an uncanny resemblance to http://www.mixergy.com. What's up with that?

Thanks for the kind words about the interview. I'm a huge fan of Mixery and the style of interviews Andrew Warner conducts.

I'm definitely not trying to compete with him or draw folks away from the outstanding work he's doing. Rather, I'm trying to add on to the idea by chatting with folks who haven't necessarily hit it big yet, sold their company, and/or made a large sum of money - I want to chat with the creative entrepreneurs who are still climbing their mountain.

Short answer: I love Andrew and Mixergy and hope to one day be as amazing of an interviewer as he is.

Thanks for watching!

Tim, for what it's worth, I've gotten links to your site from a few people who said your site seems "overly inspired" by Mixergy.

When I started out, I found myself unconsciously imitating Gary Vaynerchuk. That's why you'll hear my older videos start with an over the top "HEY EVERYONE IT'S ANDREW WARNER..." Listening back, I can understand why it was so unnerving to my audience. They noticed that I was trying to imitate, instead of working to find my own voice.

Before you can master something you have to get the basic skills down. One way to look at this is you've developed a very effective style which others can use as the starting point, initially through imitation, to help them get to a place where they can start adding their own style to the mix.

So what's your stand on this kind of inspiration? Do you condone it? Encourage it?

Hi, How about you add some of your own flair to the site? Everything about the site screams mixergy and andrew. Except its you interviewing. Just because andrew seems to have no issues doesnt mean you can con and confuse visitors. Sorry about the harsh review but this is blatant copying. Other than that, I agree that more interviews from more sources is always welcome.

What's wrong with that? Nobody owns an interviewing style.

I was actually referring to the style/design/layout of the site more so than the interviewing style. The style of interviews is probably the most differentiating factor between the two sites, IMO.

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