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Ask HN: There room for another startup blog?

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I don't want to steal Startup Foundry's thunder. They are doing an awesome job. The truth is I had considered doing something similar - i.e. replace TC - for a while now, but never got around to it.

These guys came and have done a wonderful job so far.

I am wondering if there is a need for another type (perhaps a different slant) than Startup Foundry.

Would love to hear some feedback - given you guys would be the audience.

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Sort of a catch all answer, but bears repeating:

Did I need another search engine in 1996? Did I need another social network in 2007? Another mp3 player in 2002, etc.?

If you really want to do it, you should do it. It's all in the execution. I'm sure Startup Foundry is not serving everyone's needs (and they probably don't want to). Figure out who they aren't serving and cater to them.

Thanks for the feedback.

That's what I am thinking...at first I saw that the need was there to just go back to the basics. But they have done this wonderfully.

That's kinda one of the reasons I have posted this, because given that HN is my target audience - I want to know what is missing, what are you guys looking for that you aren't getting anywhere else.

I wouldn't mind helping a little -- I could cover Israeli startups. Or, why not try and find a few people to attack each article differently? Have someone do the technical side, another do the marketing and combine into the one article? A multi-user, multi-author blog, I think that'd be fun. Also, try and do follow up articles on any one startup as linked at bottom. Just have a pool of authors ready and they can help when they feel like it. Leverage the idea of "guest author."

Try and create a matrix that each startup can fill out -- and make that searchable -- a checklist that changes over time.

I am thinking about the guest authors stuff.

First trying to figure out the format of the blog and what it would cover. Love these ideas though.

Keep em coming.

Thanks for the offer. If this is something that we run with, I will be sure to give you a ping and see how you can be involved.

Can you email me a blurb about yourself please - so I can see how it would work? My email address is in my profile.

OK, also check out: http://highscalability.com/

They specialize in the technical side of websites: design is always interesting, and the design process.

That looks good. I think I have come up with a different slant though :)

I think I found the slant: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2229149

Would love some feedback.

I think it's a market which has lots of niches, for example a non-US centric blog, or one which focuses on particular types of startups.

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