It's a tough impulse to fight. Many (arguably most) investors greatly reduce their expected returns by succumbing to the same impulse.
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It feels like as big tech companies became the center of world news, tech press started to only care about the CEOs of public/unicorns cos. Sad since beyond investigations, their stories have already been told. Defining an early stage startup’s 1st narrative is so much more fun
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I miss the days of TC stories when startups would end up pitching at Arrington's pool. No idea how this came to mind but sure I read it circa 2007
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@jshieber is pretty relentless about finding the next great innovations and innovators. Doesn't seem to have much interest in networking with the currently famous.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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There's room for someone to do this again. There are several new(ish) micro-publications that focus on SV, but none of them are out there doing the work of trying to figure out which new startups represent the future.
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It's become even harder... Hesitant skepticism in searching out promising founders ironically leads to a bias against the founders likely to fall in this category. Endless motivation needed for this to interview everyone deemed relevant to any extent whatsoever.
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Plus no one has the cajones mike had. he was fearless and didn’t get a damn. hunted for the truth. shared it. and to hell with any important people he pissed off.
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And now he's shilling ripplecoin...
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@arrington (and miss his writing) but there are still a ton great companies getting covered on TechCrunch.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I think tech journalists are doing a fantastic job covering all the lies and manipulations being spewed by narcissistic CEOs.
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