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- Born: March 13, 1970 in Orange, California
- Editor of TechCrunch
- Education: Claremont McKenna College
- 1995: Graduated from Stanford Law School Graduate
- Forbes magazine has named him one of the most powerful people on the Internet
- Time magazine selected him as one of the most influential people in the world in 2008
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Michael Arrington is founder of the popular blog, TechCrunch, and a serial entrepreneur.
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Taking a Break
Arrington announced on January 28, 2009, that he would be temporarily retiring from blogging through the month of February after an incident at the DLD Conference in Munich, Germany resulted in Arrington being spat on. He believed the incident was "one step away from something far more violent." Arrington had received death threats made against himself and his family in the past and decided that it was time to reassess his options.TechCrunch: Some Things Need To Change -
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"I look at entrepreneurs as, in a sense, modern-day pirates. They tend to be bright individuals, although sometimes they're uneducated and they become stars based purely on will and intelligence. But they tend to walk away from high-paying jobs that help them support their family and they're not in a position where there's a lot of risk. And something drives them to walk away from that to start a company, just to see if they can. They're so passionate about the idea, they just have to see if they can do it. But they actually do something that economists would call insane, which is that they attach utility to risk instead of the other way around." - Portfolio.com: Michael Arrington"I write about technology startups and news. In any sane world that shouldn’t make me someone who has to deal with death threats and being spat on."TechCrunch: Some Things Need To Change
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Michael Arrington Professional Profile
- Current Project:
- Editor, TechCrunch
- Conference: The TechCrunch20
- Founder, edgeio
- Past Projects:
- CEO, Pool.com
- COO, RazorGator
- VP Operations, General Counsel, Global Name Registry
- Co-Founder, VP Business Development & G.C., First Data Corp. (Achex)
- VP Business Development & General Counsel, RealNames Corporation
- Corporate Attorney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Blogs: J. Michael Arrington and CrunchNotes
- LinkedIn: Michael Arrington Profile
- FriendFeed: Michael Arrington Feed
- Twitter: Michael Arrington
Michael Arrington Questions
What'd I miss about Laporte and Arrington? Seeing a lot of tweets about it and haven't watched or read anything all day. 1 AnswerBasically, Mike Arrington "questioned" Leo's opinion during the Gilmore Gang Show on the new Pre if Leo's comment is based on how the Pre is a free review unit.... read more
What is it, that made this insane and humiliating spitting attack on Michael Arrington possible? 1 AnswerThis may sound crazy, but after watching American Idol earlier tonight, and then reading Arrington's post, I kind of drew a connection between him and the AI ju... read more
In Lost Season four, Michael can not die. Weapons malfunction around Michael and he recovers from any injury? 1 AnswerBecause the island isn't done with him. Remember when he tries to kill himself in the alley and suddenly Tom appears? Tom tells him to go ahead and try, but h... read more
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;) RT @Zacharycohen: i think wine and social media go together like peas and carrots, laurel and hardy, @scobleizer and @arrington
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Oh yeah!! RT @Zacharycohen: i think wine and social media go together like peas and carrots, laurel and hardy, @scobleizer and @arrington
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. Otis arrington joined us as a marketer. http://ihid.us?i=4dd
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Such a pretty day to go eat sushi, show Stacy around Nashville and take her to Arrington Winery & Hatcher Dairy, then to FFA Alumni Auction
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Arrington On Charlie Rose: Talks Twittergate, CrunchPad, and Competition: TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington .. http://bit.ly/Fiia7 :-D
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