> I'm not entirely sure what you're competitive advantage is then? It's a good question ... here's a quick take on competitive positioning: Quora: Q&A focus,

> I'm not entirely sure what you're competitive advantage is then? It's a good question ... here's a quick take on competitive positioning: Quora: Q&A focus, broad focus, good responsiveness, Valley-based and English-only, text-oriented UX with some graphical abilities, very weak discussion capabilities HN: link sharing and discussion sometimes used for Q&A, topics focused on hackers (including those starting companies) but , large and active community, not easy for a newcomer to get feedback or target answers, text-only UX StackOverflow: Q&A focus, topics initially for programmers, now branching out Sprouter's focus is on entrepreneurs and they're Canada-based so could have a big geographical differentiator from Quora. Depending on what strategy they pursue there are some other obvious potential competitive advantages and ... I haven't used it enough to know yet. > What's in it for the people giving advice? A key question. Sprouter seems to feature their experts a lot more prominently than Quora -- have a look at http://sprouter.com/answers http://sprouter.com/answers