O'Hear: Citing Prior Press Coverage Is a Major Pitch Red Flag
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Steve O'Hear, tech journalist at TechCrunch Europe, explains how startup founders inadvertently turn off tech journalists when pitching stories.
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“When someone says, hey, you should, like, cover my product or my startup, because we've just had coverage in, and then they list five other publications. That is probably the biggest red flag, you know, because we like to be first.”
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