Michael Arrington Quotes

• Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.

  Michael Arrington

  Business, Scratches

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• A business model that hasn't been tried before is always interesting, even if it's likely to fail.

  Michael Arrington

  Business, Interesting, Failing

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• We live in a world where you're not being eaten by a lion when you fail, you just have to get another job.

  Michael Arrington

  Jobs, World, Lions

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• I believe the term "blog" means more than an online journal. I believe a blog is a conversation. People go to blogs to read AND write, not just consume.

  Michael Arrington

  Funny, Believe, Mean

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• Startups Are Hard. So Work More, Cry Less, And Quit All The Whining

  Michael Arrington

  Quitting, Cry, Whining

  Twitter post from Nov 27, 2011

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• Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts.

  Michael Arrington

  Financial, Conflict

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• I always try to find the truth in a situation. That unvarnished, pure nugget of truth at the core of every issue that I write about.

  Michael Arrington

  Writing, Issues, Trying

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• Write good content about stuff that you love. Readers will find you.

  Michael Arrington

  Writing, Marketing, Stuff

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• Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side - only hypocrisy and hate.

  Michael Arrington

  Hate, Hypocrisy, Political

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• There are lots of things that I will probably never experience in this life. Military combat. Being dictator of a small central American country. Dunking a basketball. Being a famous rock star. Or walking on Mars. But one thing I have been, and will always be, is an entrepreneur.

  Michael Arrington

  Basketball, Country, Stars

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• The problem isn't that Silicon Valley is keeping women down or not doing enough to encourage female entrepreneurs. The opposite is true. No, the problem is that not enough women want to become entrepreneurs.

  Michael Arrington

  Opposites, Entrepreneur, Female

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• I dont claim to be a journalist. I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure.

  Michael Arrington

  Claims, Standards, Transparency

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• Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes.

  Michael Arrington

  Want, Pay, Rich

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• The main thing to know about me is that I'm a champion of entrepreneurs and the startups they build. They are my rock stars. If in doubt, I side with them, and that's clear from my writing.

  Michael Arrington

  Stars, Writing, Rocks

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• Im nearly certain that Google accessed my Gmail account after I broke a major story about Google.

  Michael Arrington

  Google, Stories, Broke

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• Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality.

  Michael Arrington

  Objectivity, Common, Journalist

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• Customer research produces bland products. We're producing a piece of art.

  Michael Arrington

  Art, Pieces, Research

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• Our government is just way too interested in mucking around in Silicon Valley by creating and enforcing rules based on little or no understanding of the consequences.

  Michael Arrington

  Government, Creating, Understanding

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• I live a fairly simple life, and that didnt change much after I sold TechCrunch in 2010. I didnt buy a new house or even a new car. The one thing I did splurge on was a boat. Nothing too fancy or large.

  Michael Arrington

  Simple, Car, House

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• Women in my world are respected as much as men.

  Michael Arrington

  Men, World

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• Most of the money I make now comes from investments from CrunchFund. And the vast majority of that is what's called carried interest.

  Michael Arrington

  Majority, Investment, Interest

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• The payouts for starting a business are just terrible when you account for risk. A tiny minority of entrepreneurs ever get rich. And the majority of entrepreneurs would probably make far more money, and have more stable personal relationships, if they just worked for someone else.

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  Entrepreneur, Risk, Majority

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• Generally speaking, experience counts for something. So you'd expect entrepreneurs who've been through the ups and downs of a tech startup to have an advantage over the newcomers. Or at least have an equal chance at success. But in fact the opposite may be true. A number of venture capitalists I've spoken with have said that too many "old guard" entrepreneurs are not being bold enough in their business decisions, and it's hurting their startups.

  Michael Arrington

  Hurt, Opposites, Numbers

  "The Twice Shy Entrepreneur". techcrunch.com. December 9, 2007.

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• Leaving America means renouncing your citizenship, moving out of the country and leaving family and friends behind. You can retain your citizenship if you like, but you'll still be away from loved ones and still be paying taxes. You lose all the good stuff about America and have to keep all the bad stuff.

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  Country, Moving, Mean

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• That first company I started made a lot of money for the venture capitalists - nearly $30 million - but next to nothing for the founders. The companies I started after that varied between failures and mediocre successes. But at no point did I ever consider getting a 'real job.' That felt like a black and white world, and I wanted Technicolor.

  Michael Arrington

  Jobs, Real, Black And White

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