Articles about Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington, Kevin Rose and others invest in online education startup CreativeLive

CreativeLive, the Seattle and San Francisco online education startup founded by photographer Chase Jarvis and entrepreneur Craig Swanson, disclosed some more… Read More

CrunchFund, Madrona invest $3.4M in dog-sitting service Rover

Dog-loving venture capitalist Michael Arrington is among the new investors in Rover.com, the Seattle online service that helps pet owners find… Read More

Is Zynga’s culture really rotten at the core? Hear how Mark Pincus described the mission in April

The New York Times published an unflattering story this past weekend about the hard-charging culture of game maker Zynga, noting… Read More

Meet Wavii: The world’s longest-running stealth startup?

Over the course of the past few weeks, a couple people in the Seattle startup community have independently asked me… Read More

Gary Flake names all-star cast of investors in Clipboard’s $1.4M round

Back in April, we discovered Gary Flake’s stealthy Internet startup Clipboard, reporting on the company’s $1.38 million venture round. At… Read More

Vinod Khosla on failure, thinking big and why the best entrepreneurs are under 25

Don’t call Vinod Khosla a venture capitalist. After all, the venerable Silicon Valley investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist doesn’t really have… Read More

Vinod Khosla invests in Michael Arrington’s CrunchFund

At a talk this evening on the University of Washington campus, it didn’t take long for Michael Arrington to break… Read More

Michael Arrington, Tony Hsieh bankroll ex-TechCrunch writer Paul Carr’s stealth startup

TechCrunch writer Paul Carr resigned in a blaze of glory a week ago, writing a blistering blog post about the… Read More

Hadi Partovi to Michael Arrington: Valuations are ‘out of control’ and Seattle is a ‘viable’ startup hub

We’ve been talking a lot about the startup ecosystem in Seattle and what needs to happen to make the region… Read More

“Unpaid Blogger” Michael Arrington departs TechCrunch

A near two week saga at TechCrunch has come to a close. Kind of. Founder Michael Arrington has officially stepped down… Read More

Should startup scribe Michael Arrington invest in startups?

Michael Arrington, the flame-throwing founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, is starting his own venture capital fund. The $20 million CrunchFund… Read More