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1. This is more for the amusement of people who don't care, who will buy or not buy based on the value proposition. It's not the professional who is going to take advantage of this -- those of us in startup mode don't need the time sink of keeping up with the news, those of us not in startup mode have the money to buy.

2. That said, this is useful for the high school or college student who doesn't have the 20 dollars to spend.

I'd be more worried about people bypassing your page and just emailing the articles to each other, actually.

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That said, this is useful for the high school or college student who doesn't have the 20 dollars to spend

I hear that a lot. Lots of people can't afford a subscription. I understand that.

A lot of the same people say its too much yet they spend more at Starbucks for their daily Venti, sugar-free, non-fat, vanilla soy, double shot, decaf, no foam, extra hot, Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha with light whip and extra syrup :)

Sure, but there aren't a half dozen coffee shops giving away free drinks on either side of Starbucks.

I wish those 'coffee' shops that are doing their own original reporting and embedding journalists in war zones and covering the costs associated it with that the very best of luck in making money and staying in business as the print market shrinks.

That must be a Manhattan thing. Do people really do that? I thought it was a joke!

/Arizona

"...those of us in startup mode don't need the time sink of keeping up with the news..."

And that is why startups are rarely successful.

I'm confused. Do you really think not keeping up with the news is the primary reason for the failure of startups?

Really?

Or did you just think it was a snappy retort?

If you really do think that the primary reason most startups fail is because they're not keeping up with the news, I'd really, really like to understand your point of view - I have a lot to learn.

Thanks.

I read it as: startups fail because they're not singularly minded.

I don't see how you can get that. The exchange was:

  > "...those of us in startup mode don't need
  > the time sink of keeping up with the news..."

That's saying that startups already don't have enough time to do what they need, so even more time sinks are a Bad Thing(tm)

The comment then was:

  > And that is why startups are rarely successful.
  >     ^^^^

The "that" seems to be referring to not keeping up with the news. That, in turn, then says to me that not keeping up with the news is the primary source of failure.

Maybe I'm wrong. I'd love to hear what he actually meant. I certainly can't parse it as you suggest.

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