Michael Arrington Quotes

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• Startups Are Hard. So Work More, Cry Less, And Quit All The Whining
• Write good content about stuff that you love. Readers will find you.
• Customer research produces bland products. We're producing a piece of art.
• We live in a world where you're not being eaten by a lion when you fail, you just have to get another job.
• A business model that hasn't been tried before is always interesting, even if it's likely to fail.
• 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…
• Women in my world are respected as much as men.
• Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• Before the Internet, all most people cared about was Office. And Office was really the only reason anyone wanted Windows machines instead of Macs.
• Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side - only hypocrisy and hate.
• Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality.
• 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.
• 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…
• If AOL had ever ordered me to remove a piece of content from the site for any reason, I would have immediately written about it…
• I love talking about taxes.
• Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes.
• 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…

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