First 1000 - 📰 Techcrunch
Hello Friends 👋, I am most interested in tackling the following questions: How did they gain credibility? How did they become the voice of authority on everything startup? And, of course, How do they acquire their first readers? Timeline
Not your typical founderA native of Southern California, Mr. Arrington majored in economics at Claremont McKenna College and ventured to Silicon Valley to attend Stanford Law School in 1992. He worked for the Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati law firm before joining Internet startup RealNames Corp. in 1999. Though RealNames later collapsed and liquidated, this period was significant as it marked the genesis of Mike's close relationship with RealNames founder Keith Teare. Keith Teare, the former CEO of RealNames, observed that Mr. Arrington is a "very ambitious guy," further noting an evident pattern—Mike hadn't stayed at any job for longer than 18 months over the past ten years. According to Teare, Mr. Arrington is "extremely focused on money. He wants to be rich.” This mindset perhaps fueled the venture that materialized six years later when Keith and Mike initiated a venture studio-like partnership called Archimedes. Through his early days of building the first company under this partnership, a company called Edgeio, Mike started TechCrunch. The backstory: riding the tails of Web 2.0Web 2.0 era The Web 2.0 era, which emerged in the early 2000s, marked a significant digital shift, reshaping how individuals and businesses interacted online. The internet evolved from a static platform to a dynamic, user-driven environment during this period. Key hallmarks of the Web 2.0 era included the rise of social media platforms, blogging websites, and e-commerce stores. Web 2.0 transformed how people communicated and introduced new opportunities for businesses to engage with their audiences and market their products and services. TechCrunch's story began on June 11, 2005.
Techcrunch was never meant to be a media publication; it was a research tool, a way to solicit feedback.
The pivotal story that gained TechCrunch significant attention was the leak about Google’s acquisition of YouTube in 2006, which turned out to be accurate, bringing immense traffic and credibility to TechCrunch. The acquisition story
Techcrunch became a force to reckon with.
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