Dear StartUp Beat Readers and Daily Email Subscribers:
Thank you for your readership. I have decided to take StartUp Beat in a new and exciting direction, starting tomorrow. The focus of the site will no longer be news from companies based in the greater Los Angeles area. Instead, it will now be a forum for technology startups from across the U.S. to pitch their ideas in a free forum to a large, national (and even international) audience. Basically, carefully selected technology startups based anywhere in the U.S. will be able to submit a pitch, bylined by a founder or CEO, that describes what the company does, value proposition, investors, product, goals, and other key items that are key to providing an understanding of the company.
All companies that submit their pitches to StartUp Beat will be indexed and fully searchable. Their indexed pitches will also include a consistently updated profile that includes key information like founders, executives, employees, etc. We tried this for companies in the Los Angeles area for a limited time last year, and I was impressed with the sheer number of technology startups from across the U.S. that were seeking to have a voice in a forum like this where they could tell their stories.
You will still be able to access our archive of articles from the past year of news from startups in the Los Angeles area, and all permalinks to individual articles will remain live.
I hope you will find our new format valuable, interesting, and stimulating. As always, I welcome and encourage your comments and feedback.
Sincerely,
Brian Kovalesky
Editor & Publisher
StartUp Beat
brian@startupbeat.com
