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I believe their entire credibility model is largely based on this, as per the TechCrunch founder himself at Startup School back in 2008 https://youtu.be/HbUnatPfSgg?t=238 (the whole talk is certainly a trip back in time!)

I remember listening to that and thinking, "So.... the info I have on close friends and business is valuable, and I should potentially sell it out to TC in order to curry favor."

I wasn't in SVBA at the time, and even then I felt that it didn't quite match the spirit of the valley (I still believe that to be the case, having been here for 10+ years now).

Watch this video: Mike Arrington speaks at Startup School 2008 about how to get, and how to respond to press for your startup.

http://youtu.be/HbUnatPfSgg

⬐ pramodbiligiri

Just finished watching that. He's surprisingly down-to-earth. And holy smoke, from 7:20-8:15 he precisely predicts an Instagram!

Somewhat related, I found Arrington's talk at Startup School '08 to be pretty good for getting an idea of how he views the startup tech press.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbUnatPfSgg

Along similar lines, here are some links relating to actually getting coverage in the tech press (rather than sending nasty e-mails as mentioned in this post):

http://www.martinbryant.net/approaching-tech-journalists-for... http://thestartupfoundry.com/2011/02/08/four-guidelines-to-g... http://www.copyblogger.com/irresistible-pr/

And Michael Arrington spent some time on the topic in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbUnatPfSgg

Arrington on getting press for your startup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbUnatPfSgg

Mike Arrington's talk from startup school on dealing with press is quite good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbUnatPfSgg

It's not really geared towards the mainstream press, but a good watch nonetheless.

⬐ huhtenberg

Upvoted from zero. I am not the biggest Arrington's fan to put it mildly, but this talk is actually quite insightful.