TechCrunch

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8 statements across 8 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Jan 31, 2016 by Tom Hunt · said 140 times in 95 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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brought up most by Nathan Latka (70), Jason Lemkin (5), Yui Vo (4), Thomas Smale (3), Nancy Hua (3), Michael Eisenberg (3), Jerry Collier (3), Ariel Assaraf (3)

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2017 13 mentions in 12 episodes 1 per episode
2016 42 mentions in 27 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about TechCrunch, oldest first

Jan 31, 2016 negative
Insight
Hunt: TechCrunch only covers startups with large funding or novel tech
“Getting written about on TechCrunch doesn't happen unless you have like a lot of investment or you have some really exciting new technology.”
Tom Hunt Jan 31, 2016 ▶ 16:00 His Boss Won't Believe How He's Selling Mens Leggings with Tom Hunt of Virtual Valley
Oct 28, 2016 positive
Assertion Supported
Mayo: SpokenLayer powers audio editions for about 30 media properties
“So we power spoken editions for about 30 properties or so ranging Wired, Reuters, Huffington Post, Bustle, Playboy, Skiff, Smashable, TechCrunch those are just the ones that pop off the top of my head.”
Will Mayo Oct 28, 2016 ▶ 2:55 EP 461: $2m Raised, SpokenLayer Turning Blogs Into Audio Content with CEO Will Mayo
Nov 19, 2017 negative
Opinion
Latka: VCs promote 12-month CAC payback to force startup dependency
“You'll anything that a VC touches or like tech crunch, which they basically use to lobby, they'll articulate and say, yeah, you want a 12 month payback period. Why? Well, if you don't focus on getting your money back instantly, guess whose money you then need …”
Nathan Latka Nov 19, 2017 ▶ 14:31 848: SaaS: Wistia Video King? $10m+ ARR, 10k+ Customers on Just $1m Raised!
Nov 1, 2021 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Assaraf: TechCrunch's $400M Coralogix valuation report was roughly accurate
“We actually did not disclose any valuation to them and said that we cannot disclose but they guessed, which was roughly around the number.”
Ariel Assaraf Nov 1, 2021 ▶ 16:58 Coralogix Breaks $24m ARR, 2k Customers After Turning Down $40m Acquisition Offer in 2019
Aug 25, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lemkin: TechCrunch profile drove 20% of EchoSign's first-year customers
“I mean, I got him to profile Adobe sign echo sign the day we launched, and that's still probably got us. 20% of our customers our first year.”
Jason Lemkin Aug 25, 2022 ▶ 38:55 How much revenue do Jason and SaaStr make?
Jun 6, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hurt: Data.world has over 2.1 million free community contributors
“Those are people contributing to the learning model. That's just dated because that's an old TechCrunch article. But yeah, that's now over 2.1 million.”
Brett Hurt Jun 6, 2023 ▶ 22:53 How Investors Bought 50% of Data.World with 2.1m free users, accounts at 31k paid seats
Jul 3, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
ThriveCart's Acquirer Publicly Announced the $35M Buyout as a Funding Round
“A thirty-five million dollar transaction the fund that acquired it, raised money, acquired Thrivecart as part of the deal, announced as a raise.”
Thomas Smale Jul 3, 2023 ▶ 18:28 Lessons From $1bn in Exits: Behind The Scenes of the ThriveCart Exit
Jul 31, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
FounderPath saw 80x demand spikes in an hour after media appearances
“Every time we would, you know, we'd have, like, Nathan would be on TV, or, like, he would get, like, a TechCrunch article, and all of a sudden we would have, like, 80 times the demand for one hour that we had before”
Charlie Martin Jul 31, 2023 ▶ 18:26 How We Scaled Founderpath to Process 200 Million Rows of Financial Data Per Day
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