Comments on: What is YulNews…? http://www.QuebecValley.com/2007/08/23/what-is-yulnews/ The Internet Startup Valley in Quebec Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:41:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Denis http://www.QuebecValley.com/2007/08/23/what-is-yulnews/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Denis Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:17:12 +0000 http://QuebecValley.com/2007/08/23/what-is-yulnews/#comment-23 Hello Heri, I'm glad you like the idea. Yes I understand that there are similitudes with NowPublic but probably as much as Digg looks like Slashdot. They both bring topics to a geek crowd but deep down, they are very different. The channel/group part is really what makes this different. It's the core. Citizen journalism is just a basic feature, not a product. YulNews is meant to be de-centralized where NowPublic keeps some sort of centralization. But anyhow, I don't think of N.P. as a competitor but rather as a neighbor.. As far as financing, well I haven't done any work on that side. This is kinda what killed my first project. I worked hard on a nice business plan and looked for financing but by the time we finished our plan and everything (it took over 6-9 months BTW), there were too many close competitors around and yelp was actually one of them..! So this time I said "screw the plan and let's code". So far I've been pretty happy with this unique way of doing :) Finally, getting funding is not my top priority at this point but it's on my top 5 for sure. I agree that it will help a lot but I want to focus on getting a beta version out there as quickly as possible and get feedback from users. Your article about going live in January or March is motivating me a lot and I really want to have a full public beta by then. I'll give you a tour shortly if you want. Let me know..! Hello Heri,

I’m glad you like the idea. Yes I understand that there are similitudes with NowPublic but probably as much as Digg looks like Slashdot. They both bring topics to a geek crowd but deep down, they are very different. The channel/group part is really what makes this different. It’s the core. Citizen journalism is just a basic feature, not a product. YulNews is meant to be de-centralized where NowPublic keeps some sort of centralization. But anyhow, I don’t think of N.P. as a competitor but rather as a neighbor..

As far as financing, well I haven’t done any work on that side. This is kinda what killed my first project. I worked hard on a nice business plan and looked for financing but by the time we finished our plan and everything (it took over 6-9 months BTW), there were too many close competitors around and yelp was actually one of them..!

So this time I said “screw the plan and let’s code”. So far I’ve been pretty happy with this unique way of doing :)

Finally, getting funding is not my top priority at this point but it’s on my top 5 for sure. I agree that it will help a lot but I want to focus on getting a beta version out there as quickly as possible and get feedback from users. Your article about going live in January or March is motivating me a lot and I really want to have a full public beta by then. I’ll give you a tour shortly if you want. Let me know..!

]]> By: heri http://www.QuebecValley.com/2007/08/23/what-is-yulnews/comment-page-1/#comment-22 heri Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:47:03 +0000 http://QuebecValley.com/2007/08/23/what-is-yulnews/#comment-22 hi denis this is a great idea! i really like the idea of giving a voice to common citizens and cover the "long tail" of news. i read your post quickly and though it was a clone of nowpublic, but i re-read it again and i think it's the focus on a city that gives it the edge. (like yelp.com). great idea, cant wait how you will accomplish this. i also like the channel and group features -- it would be really useful for anyone who have a particular interest. you will have to create a powerful search function for this so people can go straight to these sections when arriving at the homepage also have you thought about getting "serious" funding for this? ie for instance talking to angels? it would make the development and marketing faster. hi denis

this is a great idea! i really like the idea of giving a voice to common citizens and cover the “long tail” of news. i read your post quickly and though it was a clone of nowpublic, but i re-read it again and i think it’s the focus on a city that gives it the edge. (like yelp.com). great idea, cant wait how you will accomplish this.

i also like the channel and group features — it would be really useful for anyone who have a particular interest. you will have to create a powerful search function for this so people can go straight to these sections when arriving at the homepage

also have you thought about getting “serious” funding for this? ie for instance talking to angels? it would make the development and marketing faster.

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