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I would kill to have Arrington involved in my startup. I'd want him simply for his knowledge of how press works, ignoring the fact that he has such a long histo
by pclark 15y ago
I would kill to have Arrington involved in my startup. I'd want him simply for his knowledge of how press works, ignoring the fact that he has such a long history of seeing and reporting on how startups are doing - and his network must be insane at this point. Can you imagine what a seal it must be to have Arrington invest in you?
Who cares if he has or has not created drama? I actually think his ability to report on news regardless of the fact a lot of the subjects are his friends, shows a huge amount of integrity - and I know that Hacker News hates him - but still, he could easily be as trashy as Gizmodo but he has managed to do it whilst remaining mostly neutral to his network. Impressive.
- chrisgoodrich 15y agoAgree completely. I actually find his posts on TC the most rewarding. All the other TC writers come across as childish pushing out the PR agenda of the latest startups. Very little originality or reporting.
- alain94040 15y agoTo be fair to the other writers, they have to write several posts each day. In the last year or so, Mike has only written on "big stories.", which are few and far apart.
- racecar789 15y agoA little more shoeleather would serve TC well.
- pbh 15y agoSomewhat related, I found Arrington's talk at Startup School '08 to be pretty good for getting an idea of how he views the startup tech press. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbUnatPfSgg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbUnatPfSgg