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FEATURED INTERVIEW

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch

Arrington started TechCrunch in 2005 to profile the latest and greatest in internet technology and startup companies.


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Nir and Owen talked to Michael Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch, when he visited the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Today his blog is the place on the web where you’re you’ll likely get the early news on major company shakeups, product announcements, and emerging ideas.

Since 2005 the TechCrunch network of content sites has expanded dramatically. Arrington’s empire covers 9 different sites, including a podcast called TalkCrunch, a product review site titled CrunchGear as well as several foreign sites.

Arrington was selected as one of the 50 most important people on the web by PC magazine. TechCrunch recently held it’s annual party “TechCrunch 7”, but the TechCrunch 20 is still open for fans. The conference, which is discussed during the podcast will take place during September 17-18 in San Francisco.

2 comments:

Online Money Maker said...

Hi - Good interview, Michael Arrington comes across as being much more accessible and open than I had imagined and also a bit of a workaholic, 15 hours a day working on his blog (at least at the beginning) that's pretty impressive. Vic

Anonymous said...

Nice observation, thanks.