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" Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts. "
Michael Arrington
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" Most people have an aversion to risk, my college economics professor told me. Which means they have to be rewarded to take on that risk. The higher the risk, the higher the possible payout has to be for people to jump. "
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" Journalists are supposed to put the people first, even before themselves. Around the world and throughout history, journalists have died to get the truth out. "
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" Our independence from AOL was so important to me that I negotiated an extremely odd provision in our purchase agreement that allowed me to disclose confidential information about AOL. It was their job never to give me that information. It was not my job to protect it in any way. "
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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. "
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" If you really care about Facebook likes, don't just post your stuff to Twitter and then rely on it being republished automatically to Facebook. In my sample size of one, Facebook penalizes you significantly for that and shows that content to far fewer people. "
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" I'm a creature of startups. For example, I don't want government interference in the startup ecosystem. "
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Want
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" I want something completely new and different to happen, and lots of it. Stuff that makes us change the way we think about a market or the world. Something that inspires a new generation of crazy startups doing crazy things. "
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" Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality. "
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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. "
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Job
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" I live a fairly simple life, and that didn't change much after I sold TechCrunch in 2010. I didn't 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
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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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More
Money
Business
" 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
Problem
True
Enough
" Some people ask why we don't just wait until we have the whole story before posting. The fact is that we sometimes can't get to the end story without going through this process... When a story is up and posted, it's amazing how many people come out of the woodwork to give us additional information... And readers love it. "
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People
End
Love
" I am a partner at CrunchFund, a venture capital firm with investments in many startups around the world. I am also a limited partner in many other venture funds which have their own startup investments. "
Michael Arrington
Partner
Firm
Venture
" If we want to get beyond this whole I'm-cool-because-I-care-about-women thing, what we really need to do is we have to start encouraging women to get engineering degrees in college. "
Michael Arrington
Start
Need
Engineering
" Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes. "
Michael Arrington
More
Everyone
Wants
" Before the Internet, all most people cared about was Office. And Office was really the only reason anyone wanted Windows machines instead of Macs. "
Michael Arrington
Internet
Office
Only
" Everything's mobile these days. Let's go mo-bile! But really, that's just an IQ test. When you see bold new startups with nothing but a desktop strategy, you know they just don't get it, and you move on. "
Michael Arrington
Test
You
Bold
" 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
Rules
Way
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" I've always believed that government tends to screw up whatever it touches, but Obama in particular seemed different. He understood tech issues that left the other candidates bewildered. Part of it may be his age. But whatever the reason, I had real hope that he could help lead us into a new century of technology leadership and growth. "
Michael Arrington
Growth
Hope
Leadership
" I'm nearly certain that Google accessed my Gmail account after I broke a major story about Google. "
Michael Arrington
Major
Broke
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" I remember endless Apple v. Windows debates in the early '90s when I was in college. Macs were better machines, everyone said; the whole Office thing was a huge pain. It was difficult to transfer files between operating systems, and generally speaking, if you wanted to do Office stuff, you needed a Windows machine. "
Michael Arrington
Pain
Apple
College
" 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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Friends
Good
Moving
" I love talking about taxes. "
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About
Taxes
Talking
" Women in my world are respected as much as men. "
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Men
World
Women
" 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
Random
Political
Logic
" Sometimes I have so many financial conflicts of interest that I can't even keep them straight. "
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Interest
Sometimes
Keep
" We have to start encouraging women to get into math and science early on in life... But to just say TechCrunch is perpetuating the problem because there aren't enough women speakers at our events is just a way to get attention and not solve the problem. So do we want to solve the problem, or do we want to just pick on me? "
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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. "
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" Talking about Apple v. Microsoft without mentioning the Internet and the browser is like talking about WWII without talking about the nuke. Framing the conversation just in terms of open v. closed operating systems, the quality of the hardware or software or who the CEO was, is silly. "
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