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Former TechCrunch/ReadWriteWeb reporter launches TheNewStack.io

5 pointsby mikemaneyabout 11 years ago

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pedalpeteabout 11 years ago
Here&#x27;s an intro video apparently what they&#x27;re all about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JygZBs1r-i0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=JygZBs1r-i0</a><p>I can, in some ways appreciate that the blogger is excited about setting up a new blog and has LOTS of ideas as to what he wants it to be, but I really wish he didn&#x27;t refer to it as a &#x27;media company&#x27;.<p>I&#x27;d appreciate a bit of humility from somebody who understands this space. The video, taken from a webcam in a hotel in the &#x27;hotbed of San Francisco&#x27; isn&#x27;t the production of a &#x27;media company&#x27;. It&#x27;s a blogger sitting in front of a computer, rambling about his new blog.<p>I am really trying not to come off as an a<i></i>hole, but why &#x27;launch&#x27; like this? I doubt thenewstack is going to get visits because he was a reporter at TC or RWW. I clicked the link to see which reporter it was, but thenewstack is going to have to stand on it&#x27;s merits as a blog, not on the blogging founder, or his ideas of what his blog will be.<p>Don&#x27;t tell me what you&#x27;re going to be&#x2F;do, show me. Take a lesson from all the other startups you report on, and please, take two minutes to make a proper and coherent video intro (if you&#x27;re going to do one at all). Go out into the streets of SF, act like you&#x27;re actually reporting on something, know what it is you want to say. You&#x27;ve got less than 30 seconds to convince us of why we should care. Or just keep putting out great posts and slowly build an audience.<p>Best of luck
alexwilliamsabout 11 years ago
Fair enough. Check out the stories, judge for yourself. See how we fare. Thanks for the critique -- it makes sense.