[micmcg]

So what does "The New Student Union" do beyond be "an online magazine run by and for college students covering the issues that they care about."?

The term "startup" is thrown around WAY too much these days, you aren't a start up, you have no business model, you are basically just a multi contributor blog. What are you doing that other student publications aren't?

When you say "If you have a game-changing idea" do you honestly thing NSU is "game-changing"? What game are you changing?

You come across as incredibly entitled and arrogant in your post, I hope for the sake of the success of any future "start ups" you participate in, it's not the case.

"I have no deference to authority figures and have never been shy to voice my opinions, oftentimes to my detriment." This doesn't make you a good entrepreneur, it makes you an asshole.

[coryl]

As a first-time founder, I can’t escape admitting that starting fetchnotes is an immense learning experience

http://www.fetchnotes.com

[revdinosaur]

Why do people always think they can get away without at least consulting a designer?

[tarmstrong]

This comment came off as really grumpy. You have exactly the "get in line" attitude the author was complaining about.

You come across as incredibly entitled and arrogant in your post, I hope for the sake of the success of any future "start ups" you participate in, it's not the case.

Entitled? I don't think he feels entitled to some measure of success. I think he feels entitled to a healthy dose of experience, which is what he'll get.

Arrogant? Read his post again. I'm not getting the arrogance vibe.

"I have no deference to authority figures and have never been shy to voice my opinions, oftentimes to my detriment." This doesn't make you a good entrepreneur, it makes you an asshole.

1. Those aren't mutually exclusive. 2. It doesn't make you an asshole, it makes you one of the few who can make a difference.

[reinhardt]

Or one of the not-so-few going through extended "screw-the-authority" adolescence.

[tarmstrong]

You raise a good point, but I think the "adolescence" part is when you say mean things about The Man behind his back over beers during frosh week. When you start your own company, is that really the same thing?

[mgkimsal]

If you have no business, revenue or customers, and instead spend time writing about how you can't work for other people because you want to be in their shoes, yes, it's pretty much the same thing.

[nhangen]

While I got the same feelings reading the post, I think fetchnotes is the startup, and NSU is just some sort of blog they started.

[biles]

micmcg, The wordpress blog is simply a pre-launch blog and not the official version of The New Student Union, which will launch in the next few weeks.

Roundtable debates, an editor reporting from the Middle East, craft brew reviews, multimedia & video journalism, regular interviews, Q&A with professors, and investigative reports are just a few of the features that other student publications lack that we will pride ourselves on delivering at The New Student Union.

Not to mention, our writers will be coming from campuses all over the country bringing a wide variety of backgrounds to the table. They will have less creative constraints and be paid more than they would at a regular student publication. Answer your question?

-Another Alex involved in The New Student Union