Leaving America means renouncing your citizenship, moving out of the country and leaving family and friends behind. You can retain your citizenship if you like, but you’ll still be away from loved ones and still be paying taxes. You lose all the good stuff about America and have to keep all the bad stuff. Michael Arrington Read Quote
Before the Internet, all most people cared about was Office. And Office was really the only reason anyone wanted Windows machines instead of Macs. Michael Arrington Read Quote
I have Twitter auto-post to my Facebook page, and I occasionally post things directly to Facebook as well. I’ve always noticed that the direct-to-Facebook approach generates far more likes, but I’ve never actually gone back and run the averages. Michael Arrington Read Quote
That first company I started made a lot of money for the venture capitalists – nearly $30 million – but next to nothing for the founders. The companies I started after that varied between failures and mediocre successes. But at no point did I ever consider getting a ‘real job.’ That felt like a black and white world, and I wanted Technicolor. Michael Arrington Read Quote
I’m nearly certain that Google accessed my Gmail account after I broke a major story about Google. Michael Arrington Read Quote
Everything’s mobile these days. Let’s go mo-bile! But really, that’s just an IQ test. When you see bold new startups with nothing but a desktop strategy, you know they just don’t get it, and you move on. Michael Arrington Read Quote
There are lots of things that I will probably never experience in this life. Military combat. Being dictator of a small central American country. Dunking a basketball. Being a famous rock star. Or walking on Mars. But one thing I have been, and will always be, is an entrepreneur. Michael Arrington Read Quote
Journalists are supposed to put the people first, even before themselves. Around the world and throughout history, journalists have died to get the truth out. Michael Arrington Read Quote
If AOL had ever ordered me to remove a piece of content from the site for any reason, I would have immediately written about it and disclosed the situation to our readers. And if I had ever ordered a writer to remove content, I would have expected that writer to have done the same to me. Michael Arrington Read Quote
I am a partner at CrunchFund, a venture capital firm with investments in many startups around the world. I am also a limited partner in many other venture funds which have their own startup investments. Michael Arrington Read Quote
