Let's merge r/Entrepreneur and r/Startups

allboolshite · 11 months

I get that the content is the same but it shouldn't be. Start-ups should be about launches/new business while entrepreneur should be about more long-term business and lifestyle. Most entrepreneurs are not in active start-up phase, or if they are it's because they have multiple enterprises going. While there is overlap, the actual cultures are different. I'd say the mods should be organizing a bit differently. Or if there is consensus to merge the two, call it r/business.

voxpupil · 11 months

I wouldn't say they're exactly the same, so no merging needed.

Christerical · 11 months

Personally, I think they should still be seperated, despite the active content. With entrepreneurs, they're not just tech-based; they could be bricks-and-mortar entrepreneurs, or intrapreneurs, w/e. With startups, it really implies that they are tech-based. I haven't met one BaM entrepreneur calling themselves the head of a startup company.

A better integration would be entrepreneurship+entrepreneur+smallbusiness.

donvito · 11 months

No. I'm subscribed to both but I don't think merging is a good idea. /r/startups is more internet/software-startup centric whereas /r/entrepreneur is more about real world service businesses.

It's good that they are separated.

clavalle · 11 months

Startups are a subset of entrepreneurial enterprise.

Startups are about creating value by solving problems in novel ways. Could be an old problem that no one has yet solved, an old problem solved in a new fashion, or a new problem altogether. Usually this has to do with applying technology.

Entrepreneurship is more about the business of solving problems, period. Create value, capture some of that value in the form of profits rinse and repeat. It covers a lot more ground than startups, but it is important and covers more of the "How do you incintivise a sales team?" Or, "My experience as a franchisee of Jiffy Lube."

The former /might/ have a place in /r/startups but the second certainly does not.

sry4partying · 11 months

Who gives a shit?

meatpod · 11 months

Please keep your crap out of r/entrepreneur. r/startups is full of snobby assholes like yourself who only like to post about existing startups, whereas r/entrepreneur is full of intelligent entrepreneurs willing to discuss interesting topics.

didyouseeroy · 11 months

Seconded.

MatmosOfSogo · 11 months

You realize that what you ask is unpossible, right? Reddit can't do that.

seainhd · 11 months

i figured /r/startups is for people actively planning a startup or launching their startup, and the /r/entrepreneur was more about news articles about entrepreneurial culture

amacg · 11 months

Entrepreneurship is a pursuit that extends beyond the startup phase in many cases, technically it would be a mistake to merge them. It's also worth remembering that startups aren't always run by entrepreneurs and vice versa, entrepreneurs aren't always running startups.

boessel · 11 months

Aye.

sith6six · 11 months

Suggest r/entreprestartups or r/startrepreneur

AceValentine · 11 months

Agree, they are both for individuals looking for advice and ideas on ways to make money and stay informed.

wrightaboutit · 11 months

I would have no objection to this. I read both.

Aeroalcky · 11 months

Agreed.

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