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Why are proposals for a site on startup businesses being closed on sight these days?

After two iterations in this subject space, we ultimately had to close TWO sites on this topic. We worked hard to keep the second site open with many initiatives to keep it going. During the second ...
Robert Cartaino's user avatar
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Wht do you think about Polls.SE?

Creating a site like this that actually works would require that SE recode how the voting system works entirely... polls should not let you up and down vote a poll item and (arguably) you should only ...
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Bar and Restaurant Science

After many years of struggling with this subject, we recently closed our site for small business startups (which included the challenges for bar and restaurant entrepreneurship) due to long-declining ...
Robert Cartaino's user avatar
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Real number of proposals not rendering

Each tab only shows the proposals that belong under that sort (hot proposals, beta sites, launched sites, etc). If you take a look at the Professional category (for example), you'll noticed that every ...
Robert Cartaino's user avatar
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Is anyone interested in starting a Q&A site for Sole Proprietor?

Unfortunately, after almost four years of hosting this subject, we recently closed our Startups site due to long-declining interest and ultimately lack of support. Sorry I do not have better news for ...
Robert Cartaino's user avatar
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Why are proposals for a site on startup businesses being closed on sight these days?

I wasn't here for the first iteration of Startup Business, but for Startups, it failed to attract a sustainable community. Instead, people would show up, ask a question, and leave once they got their ...
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Proposal for new Real Estate Stack Exchange site

If you have a community organized and ready to build this site, then go for it. How can I propose a new site? But please do not skip the requirement to find and organize a community to build your ...
Robert Cartaino's user avatar
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Which site for practical business Q&A?

Would a proposal like this be more in line with what you suggest? http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/107383/organisational-improvement
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StackExchange about Brands

Without having seen the proposal, it would almost certainly be closed as not viable. Sites are typically scoped around a specific community with an expertise in a specific area of study or interest. A ...
Robert Cartaino's user avatar

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