I look forward to seeing where this idea leads the site, but I do have one suggestion...

While I'm interested in all things hackerly, I first started visiting this site for tips and stories specifically about startups. My point being: while most people here are all for changing the focus to anything hacker-related, I'm sure there are many newcomers who are looking specifically for startup-related info. Perhaps we can retain a sub-site, startup tag or filter that will show only startup news for those people?