Posts Tagged ‘TechCrunch’
Where’s the Exit?
Venture-backed startups are scratching their heads looking for the liquidity EXIT. M&As and IPOs are unheard of these days. Last year the M&A EXIT was the rage. Is the liquidity drought going to slow the innovation cycle down?
TechCrunch posted on the liquidity drought today. IMO – the liquidity drought, at least in the short-term, is a good thing. I think it will force startups back to the “business basics” earlier in the startup process. Forcing startups to think about the basics like – when will we turn a profit?
Puppet Interviews – Dove Deeper
During the lunch break here at the Webvisions event I dove a little deeper into Loren Feldman’s “Puppet Interviews” series and discovered this gem. – The Mike Arrington Show (embeded below). Man, my stomach was in knots by the time I finished watching this.
and now compare it with the real deal
New York
Last week I had an opportunity to visit New York – it was my visit so I made the most of it. I was in New York promoting Email Center Pro at a CrunchGear meetup. We had a great time at the event and had some time to visit a few of the more popular attractions. Things like the MOMA, the MET, Central Park, and the Empire State Building.
Apple Jesus Phone
The iPhone hype just keeps coming and TechCrunch is all over it – everything at TechCrunch tagged iPhone. June 29th all will be forgiven. The Jesus phone from Apple. Watch the embeded video below – looks like Duncan Riley put this together as a promotional piece for TechCrunch.
Valleywag – Arrington = Mickey Mouse
I got a kick out of reading this Valleywag post that pokes fun at Michael Arrington for being down on the valley. Poor guy.
MICHAEL ARRINGTON: The genie is out of the bottle – Valleywag
Arrington is like Mickey Mouse, in Fantasia: as did the cartoon character in the Disney movie, the Techcrunch founder has cast a spell that’s gone wrong; and it’s too late to put the magic back in the bottle.
Related posts:
Howard Lindzon – The West Coast Whining Continues…. Ad Nauseum
TechFold – You have the Choice
TechCrunch Network – Quarterly Goals
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch launched MobileCrunch today – it’s a TechCrunch Network blog. MobileCrunch is the 3rd blog to join the TechCrunch Network (kind or laughing) of blogs – the 2nd was CrunchNotes. Here’s a link to the official announcement.
Launch chronology – quarterly goals?
TechCrunch June 2005 >> CrunchNotes October 2005 >> MobileCrunch January 2006 >>
[ ? ]Crunch April 2006 >>
Oliver Starr (that’s a resume + some) will be heading up the new blog so Michael can stay focused on TechCrunch. Michael is expanding quickly – maybe too quickly. This might sound crazy to some of you but I’ve started to relate TechCrunch to the old Industry Standard days we all so fondly remember.
Is TechCrunch still a blog? IMO – CrunchNotes is a blog, TechCrunch is a business venture. Technically, it fits the definition – but does it fit the "spirit" of what blogs are supposed to be. When does a blog become just another content site? Will TechCrunch be associated with a 2nd bubble much like The Industry Standard is associated with the 1st? Time will tell.
FriendFeed and Twitter ROI for Robert Scoble?
0 CommentsTuesday • December 23, 2008 • by admin
Scoble responds to the attempted intervention on his blog and on FriendFeed.
What do I think? I applaud Scoble for risking his reputation as a blogger to put the wider social network and micro-blogging to the test. I think Scoble has increased his influence in 2008 by establishing himself (and his brand) on FriendFeed and Twitter. I don’t think it will take much effort on his part to get his Web 1.0 blog numbers back up again – if that’s what he wants to do. I think Arrington is probably jealous that Scoble (essentially a one man shop) has him beat on the FriendFeed and Twitter metrics. Arrington is probably looking at 2009 wondering how he can catch up ; )
Keep up the good work Robert! I think your investment in FriendFeed and Twitter will pay off.