TechCrunch is essentially a business-to-business publication, which provides market intelligence on technology companies I couldn't disagree more. Most

TechCrunch is essentially a business-to-business publication, which provides market intelligence on technology companies I couldn't disagree more. Most charitably, it's Sports Illustrated for technology. If I run a fashion start-up, for example, and spot on TechCrunch a story about another fashion start-up securing $5m in Series A funding, the first thing I'm going to ask myself is... who participated in this round? Then I can ping them an email to get on their radar. Dear VC, now that you have skin in the game in this sector, please develop a conflict of interest by investing in my startup that competes with a company you've already invested in. Here's an example of how/why this doesn't work: http://www.bhorowitz.com/instagram http://www.bhorowitz.com/instagram