razin

Born on August 17, 2009•10912 Karma

on Sept 2, 2011

•on: Michael Arrington Resigns From Techcrunch

I think he is. Leaving TechCrunch that is. If I'm reading the article correctly, he will be full-time at CrunchFund and serve as a contributor to TC (like Vivek Wadhwa and Rocky Agarwal does from time to time).

jackowayed•

on Sept 2, 2011

But AOL is the primary LP in the fund. I'm sure they worked something out.

benologist•

on Sept 2, 2011

Perhaps this is what they really bought TechCrunch for?

a3camero•

on Sept 2, 2011

I wouldn't think so because why did they have him stay so long as editor at TC instead of just switching over to the VC fund?

razin•

on July 6, 2011

•on: I'm starting a new magazine, The Startup Magazine

It was all a dream. I used to read (The) Startup magazine.

razin•

on May 5, 2011

•on: Firespotter, a Google Ventures funded incubator

This sounds a lot like what Bill Gross' Idealab does http://www.idealab.com/

razin•

on March 13, 2011

•on: Steve Jobs' old resume from his mac.com page

Curious as to why he wrote "Left in 1986 to decide which step to take NeXT" under his first stint at Apple. I thought he was fired by John Sculley.

willifred•

on March 13, 2011

The Apple board reduced Steve Jobs's role at Apple to ceremonial/figurehead. Steve Jobs actually resigned from Apple.

http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story...

Johngibb•

on March 13, 2011

Apologize if you realized this, but I think it's just a pun about his company called 'NeXT'

brudgers•

on March 13, 2011

It's not a lie; it's magical.

razin•

on Feb 28, 2011

•on: Quora for Startups: Sprouter Pivots to Focus on Q&...

I thought Quora was the "Quora for Startups."

jdp23•

on Feb 28, 2011

Quora certainly hopes so. But Sprouter could give them a run for their money.

On the one hand it's not like Quora has to dominate every market space to succeed -- StackOverflow will be better than them for programming questions, and there's a law site whose name I forget that rocks for legal stuff. But since this is so close to their core (Silicon Valley web startup scene) it's potentially a real challenge...

[Apologies for the duplicate comment]

razin•

on Dec 21, 2010

•on: Having a launched product is hard

Your ordeal with immigration reminded me of the importance of the startup visa.

razin•

on Nov 9, 2010

•on: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Boston Tech Community

There was a similar post on the 500 Startups blog last week: http://blog.500startups.com/2010/11/03/livin-la-vida-startup...

razin•

on Oct 9, 2010

•on: Yahoo considering bid for Groupon for up to $2 bil...

In her most recent interview (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-10-08-bartz08_CV_N.ht...), Carol Bartz called Yahoo! "the largest media company in the world." What does local commerce have to do with media? Focus, Yahoo!, focus.

ianl•

on Oct 9, 2010

Yea but Yahoo does have some merchant services like Yahoo Stores and such, so this would complement those services.

razin•

on Oct 8, 2010

•on: 2010 Nobel Prize for Peace Awarded to Liu Xiaobo

Apparently, China blacked out both CNN and BBC when the announcement was made (http://twitter.com/joCNN/status/26731788647).

nkassis•

on Oct 8, 2010

I wonder what a google search would return.

mbreese•

on Oct 8, 2010

google.com.hk has the prize winner listed as the third link with the terms "nobel peace prize 2010".

Google.cn still redirects to google.com.hk for searching.

http://www.google.com.hk/search?hl=zh-CN&source=hp&b...

jph98•

on Oct 8, 2010

Baidu also has search results relating to the subject:

http://www.baidu.com/s?wd=Liu+Xiaobo&n=2

razin•

on Oct 4, 2010

•on: Life After Microsoft: 15 Startups Founded By Ex-Em...

Not as impressive as the PayPal mafia but still surprised to see the likes of Valve on there.