Ask HN: How to fix Startup Britain?

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15 years ago

Yesterday the UK Government launched a new web initiative called startupbritain.org. The premise of the site is to "...provide everything you need to know about start up, in one place".

On the surface this appears to be a site offering useful information. However dig a little deeper and as one prominent blogger puts it "...StartUpBritain is nothing more than a government backed link farm" http://postdesk.com/debates/why-startup-britain-is-nothing-more-than-a-government-backed-link-farm/

How very disappointing and appallingly executed this promising initiative has been. Many potential entrepreneurs and businesses have come away with a bad taste in their mouth - but this need not be the case.

As entrepreneurs shouldn't we try and fix problems? Clearly there is demand for some kind of British focused start up web site. Couldn't we borrow principles from US sites like Hacker News (http://news.ycombinator.com), et al. and give entrepreneurs a suitable starting point - driven by a community?

Therefore why not make some suggestions and open up a debate. Startup Britain needs your ideas... and why not let us present the best of these to Mr Cameron?

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