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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/the-payouts-for-starting-a-business-are-just-terrible-when-you/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

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> [I'm nearly certain that Google accessed my Gmail account after I broke a major story about Google.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/i-m-nearly-certain-that-google-accessed-my-gmail-account-after-i/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

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## Other authors on Account

## More by Michael Arrington

> [Most people have an aversion to risk, my college economics professor told me. Which means they have to be rewarded to take on that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/most-people-have-an-aversion-to-risk-my-college-economics-professor/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/if-you-really-care-about-facebook-likes-don-t-just-post-your-stuff-to/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [Before the Internet, all most people cared about was Office. And Office was really the only reason anyone wanted Windows machines instead of Macs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/before-the-internet-all-most-people-cared-about-was-office-and-office/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [I am a partner at CrunchFund, a venture capital firm with investments in many startups around the world. I am also a limited partner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/i-am-a-partner-at-crunchfund-a-venture-capital-firm-with-investments/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [Startups Are Hard. So Work More, Cry Less, And Quit All The Whining](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/startups-are-hard-so-work-more-cry-less-and-quit-all-the-whining/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/if-we-want-to-get-beyond-this-whole-i-m-cool-because-i-care-about/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/some-people-ask-why-we-don-t-just-wait-until-we-have-the-whole-story/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [America is an unsolvable problem: a nation divided and deeply in hate with itself. If it was a startup, we'd understand how unfixable the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/america-is-an-unsolvable-problem-a-nation-divided-and-deeply-in-hate/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/i-live-a-fairly-simple-life-and-that-didn-t-change-much-after-i-sold/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/friendships-and-marriage-are-far-more-potent-than-financial-conflicts/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [Most of the money I make now comes from investments from CrunchFund. And the vast majority of that is what's called carried interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/most-of-the-money-i-make-now-comes-from-investments-from-crunchfund/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [Write good content about stuff that you love. Readers will find you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/write-good-content-about-stuff-that-you-love-readers-will-find-you/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [A business model that hasn't been tried before is always interesting, even if it's likely to fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/a-business-model-that-hasn-t-been-tried-before-is-always-interesting/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/i-ve-always-believed-that-government-tends-to-screw-up-whatever-it/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

> [Talking about Apple v. Microsoft without mentioning the Internet and the browser is like talking about WWII without talking about the nuke. Framing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/talking-about-apple-v-microsoft-without-mentioning-the-internet-and/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

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