For those that don't remember, the early days of TechCrunch were all about "who is getting bought today!" A big part of the "sellout to google" dream started f

For those that don't remember, the early days of TechCrunch were all about "who is getting bought today!" A big part of the "sellout to google" dream started from TechCrunch making it seem like Google would buy any and every startup. Here's what TechCrunch wrote in 2005: And as an interesting side discussion, Peter Rip, a Riya investor (and a friend of mine) takes us all down a notch (TechCrunch is specifically mentioned) saying “Every report was factually incorrect at the time it was printed. I did not see one accurate characterization of any discussions Riya.com may or may not have had.” http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/google-passes-on-riya/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/google-passes-on-riya/