Yahoo!'s CEO Carol Bartz tells Michael Arrington - comic

Peach Collar
Damn I miss MA's presence on TechCrunch...

Alexia Tsotsis · Subscribe · Top Commenter · San Francisco, California · 4,098 subscribers
Me too.

Tundey Akinsanya · Top Commenter · George Mason
I am not sure I agree with this: "The technology community owes him immensely for the value he created in the six years he built and led the editorial voice of TechCrunch".

TechCrunch was/is great but am not sure it's to the level of the tech community owing Arrington immensely.

Jeff Jennings · Top Commenter
TC is pretty boring now without him and MG around. I think most would agree.

Tundey Akinsanya · Top Commenter · George Mason
Jeff Jennings So the techcrunch community owes him but not the entire technology community.

Jeff Jennings · Top Commenter
Tundey Akinsanya He and others (MG, Paul Carr) made this blof very edgy and interesting. Now it's pretty boring that's all. There are also a lot more video interviews thrown up, as if the author is too lazy to convert the interview to an actual article.

Max Woolf · Subscribe · Top Commenter · Carnegie Mellon University · 381 subscribers
If he gets bored being a VC, "Arrington" should totally be the name of a perfume brand.

Jonathan Lally · Subscribe · Top Commenter · San Francisco, California
I hope it's not like what an abercrombie and fitch store smells like.

Broad Castic · Top Commenter · Works at Founder at content delivery/responce startup www.Broadcastic.com
the smell of startup

John Rampton · Subscribe · Top Commenter · Palo Alto, California
Broad Castic "Arrington" - A Taste of Startup

Thomas Lock · Top Commenter · Ryerson
I have always liked the direct honesty of Michael, he cuts through the BS and gets to the point.

Obed Betancourt Jr. · Subscribe · Top Commenter · InterAmerican Recinto Metropolitano
Mike has a way of saying things. Sometimes he's very direct, sometimes he's vague. This luck thing, is vague. Though if you've followed Arrington over the years, you can get a better picture of what he's saying. I'm betting most people read that they count mostly on luck and go "Well, shit". Because being lucky isn't easy, but you should note when he says "keep trying". When he says stuff like this, I like to stick to the latter part, keep trying, and try hard. In my opinion winners win because not only do they have crazy good ideas, but they work hard to show the world it works.

Wayne Lambright · Top Commenter
The harder you work the luckier you get. I should have quit a long time ago, still swing for the fences.

Will Deane · Hollywood, California
#truth

Adrian Sexton · Subscribe · Co-Founder & CEO at New Medici
Pretty poetic the idea that failure doesn't make losers, nor success mint winners. I think the fund and TC exit have mellowed Mike considerably. But, let's call this luck thinking what it is... "clusterluck".

Mark Fournier
Interesting article, but I would debate the comment "The technology community owes him immensely for the value he created in the six years he built and led the editorial voice of TechCrunch" Isn't that the same as saying that the British people owe Robert Murdoch for the buidling of "News Corp"?

Nick Pendrell · Subscribe · Hurghada
After I had grown two companies from nothing to turning over quite a bit of money in just a couple of years, I was also a great believer in sayings like "you make your own luck", "the harder you work, the luckier you get," etc.

Then my company closed as the General Manager had been stealing so much from it. Now over the past decade, I've tried another three times to do it again, but failed miserably every time. Now I believe that sometimes you just get lucky, and other times you get unlucky.

Jeff Slobotski · Subscribe · Top Commenter · Founder at Silicon Prairie News
Will there be a link to the video? Thanks for the piece Alexia...

Alexia Tsotsis · Subscribe · Top Commenter · San Francisco, California · 4,098 subscribers
Should be embedded in the post. If you can't see it try http://vimeo.com/31976727

Adil Jauhar · Top Commenter · Kingston University
My first great success I accidentally stumbled upon after leaving work, which was...i guess, luck and it continues to be luck, my latest project seems to be growing extremely fast and again it is just out of pure luck. Everything just seems to slot in place at the right time, ofcourse hard work is involved too, and without hardwork you won't get anywhere, but hard work, mixed with luck/good timing, it just works.

Adil Jauhar · Top Commenter · Kingston University
the only bad thing about this, is feeling its luck, or some kind of divine helping lol...the fear is that what if the luck runs out...or perhaps i'm being modest, but there is that fear that everything can be taken away at a click of a finger.

Martin Crampton · Top Commenter · Works at Newbrain - Founder
How about a tally board of successful SV founders who were previously: a) connected to big money +/or b) previous high profile enterprises +/or c) big PR exposure Vs none of these + Luck. I agree, sometimes you can get lucky. Just not all that much in this industry it seems :) C'mon, money men aren't there to gamble. Generally where investment is involved you have extreme risk management that doesn't allow for luck!)

Kapil Israni · Top Commenter · Co-Founder at Loqly
Truth and only the Truth from Mike #wellsaid.

Rob Leclerc · Top Commenter · Senior Associate at SeedRock
For every success story there are 1000 people out there who are just as smart, talented, and motivated. Luck is the catalyst, and it seems to come down to meeting at least one person.

George Adams · Subscribe
True dat...

Avery D'Alessandro · Subscribe · San Francisco, California
"Lucky" is tech nerd going home with an attractive women from the bar. Odds about the same as Powerball.

Reuben Brunson · CEO at RocketFuel
I Like Mike.

Trace Cohen · Subscribe · Syracuse University
It's true and he's the only one that will tell you to your face.