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Ron Conway: 'I'm embarrassed' that venture capitalists think they need a support group
"VCs don't need to be philosophers in 140 characters, they need to be helping their companies," Con…
Biz Carson
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Something is rotten at food startup Hampton Creek, former employees say
The company's CEO, Josh Tetrick, is a vegan who grew up in Alabama before he went to West Virginia …
Biz Carson
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Here's one way to become a venture capitalist: be a journalist
Lawler may have been thinking about what Ben Rooney wrote about Ben Parr in a Wall Street Journal o…
Biz Carson
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One VC had the perfect response to another VC who says we're not in a bubble
VC Sam Altman argued in a blog post that all this talk of a bubble is "boring" even though its…
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Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel will appear on season two of HBO's 'Silicon Valley'
Google chairman Eric Schmidt, Re/code editor-in-chief Kara Swisher, and TechCrunch founder Michael …
Madeline Stone
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A Leaked Internal Uber Presentation Shows What The Company Really Values In Its Employees
"[It] really comes down to the specific thing that all Uber employees share, and that's the degree …
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AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: 'There Are No Explicit Talks About A Deal With Yahoo'
Speaking about TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, Armstrong made it clear that he was welcome to…
James Cook
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Why Selling A Startup For $20 Million Can Be Better Than Selling It For $200 Million
"My advice is you shouldn't do a startup for financial reasons," he wrote via email. "Most startups…
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The Truth Is Bill Simmons Would Be Insane To Leave ESPN And His $5 Million Salary
Eventually, Huffington sold her company to AOL for $315 million. You might think that's a huge numb…
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Why You Should NOT Be Excited About will.i.am's New Smartwatch
Chandra Rathakrishnan is the CEO of i.am+, will.i.am's hardware company that will launch his new sm…
James Cook
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Uber Is Now Recruiting 50,000 Drivers A Month
The most recent Uber monthly recruitment figures are 30,000 more than May's figure. (What Uber has …
Jack Dutton
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Early Pinterest Investor Raises $2 Million For DWNLD, A Startup That Helps Anyone Get A Quick, Cheap App In The App Store
The idea for DWNLD begins with Lanman's wife, Melissa. She runs a fashion blog, JNSQ, and asked her…
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Advice For Startups: Don't Waste Your Time Talking To The Press
"It's a head scratcher, but I've seen so many startups determined to stick to their timelines that …
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How An Early Facebook Employee Messed Up, Got Fired, And Cost Himself $185 Million
"I re-read an interview Mark did with Rolling Stone a bit ago," Kagan concludes in his ebook. "He s…
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CEO Of Anonymous Social App Whisper Nearly Melts Down On Stage At TechCrunch's Startup Conference
Specifically, Arrington pointed out a Whisper post from earlier this year that alleged Gwyneth Palt…
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Marissa Mayer: No, I Didn't Overpay When I Bought Tumblr For $1.1 Billion
"I think it's a huge platform that has some fundamental advantages over other things that are in th…
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LIVE: Marissa Mayer Speaks
You can follow everything she says in the live blog below.Marissa Mayer.
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A 'Silicon Valley' HBO Cast Member Ran Into Elon Musk On The Street - And Had No Idea Who He Was
Miller says he was walking around Silicon Valley and saw a guy who looked like he fit into the tech…
Megan Rose Dickey
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Fred Wilson Thinks That By 2020, Apple Won't Be A Top Tech Company Anymore
Wilson replied, "Apple is too rooted to hardware and I think hardware is increasingly becoming a co…
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Marissa Mayer Admits Yahoo Still Has A Lot Of Work To Do In Mobile
Last year was when Yahoo really started investing in mobile. That's because Yahoo is "late" and "be…