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… — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
More than once at TechCrunch, we made AOL extremely uncomfortable with things that we wrote. But they never ordered us to write or not write about something because they understood that not only would we not comply, we'd write a… — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
Most people have an aversion to risk, my college economics professor told me. Which means they have to be rewarded to take on that… — Michael Arrington Copy Share
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.… — Michael Arrington Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I am a partner at CrunchFund, a venture capital firm with investments in many startups around the world. I am also a limited partner… — Michael Arrington Copy Share
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… — Michael Arrington Copy Share
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… — Michael Arrington Copy Share
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… — Michael Arrington Copy Share
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… — Michael Arrington Copy Share
Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts. — Michael Arrington Copy Share
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 Copy Share
A business model that hasn't been tried before is always interesting, even if it's likely to fail. — Michael Arrington Copy Share
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… — Michael Arrington Copy Share
Talking about Apple v. Microsoft without mentioning the Internet and the browser is like talking about WWII without talking about the nuke. Framing the… — Michael Arrington Copy Share
