TechCrunch

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4 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Sep 5, 2018 by David Rusenko · said 39 times in 26 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Sep 5, 2018 neutral
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Rusenko: TechCrunch and press spikes drop immediately the next day
“This is exactly what you should expect if you get on TechCrunch or any press. It goes straight up, and it's really exciting that day, and then it goes straight back down the next day. And, but at least settles a little bit higher.”
David Rusenko Sep 5, 2018 ▶ 5:56 David Rusenko - How To Find Product Market Fit · Y Combinator
Mar 6, 2019
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Knoop: Zapier built an app directory and landing pages before the product
“We, so we built our app directory before we built the product. Before we launched in TechCrunch, that whole story was, ah, pre, that, we had been working on Zapier for about five months, I think, at that point. The very first thing we did when we sat down was …”
Mike Knoop Mar 6, 2019 ▶ 8:24 Mike Knoop on Product and Design Processes for Remote Teams with Kevin Hale · Y Combinator
Jan 24, 2020 neutral
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Seibel: TechCrunch originally seeded Crunchbase profiles using media reports
“Before people cared about their Crunchbase profile, TechCrunch just built the profiles on Crunchbase. With media reports and so on and so forth, and then after a while, people cared about their profile, and so they tried to keep it updated.”
Michael Seibel Jan 24, 2020 ▶ 10:28 YC SUS: Michael Seibel and Eric Migicovsky discuss How to Launch an MVP · Y Combinator
May 6, 2022 negative
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Caldwell: Most Series A fundraising rounds fail
“Most Series A fundraisers fail.”
Dalton Caldwell May 6, 2022 ▶ 17:35 Save Your Startup During an Economic Downturn · Y Combinator
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