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Michael Arrington

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

Michael Arrington

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

Michael Arrington

The payouts for starting a business are just terrible when you account for risk. A tiny minority of entrepreneurs ever get rich. And the majority of entrepreneurs would probably make far more money, and have more stable personal relationships, if they just worked for someone else.

– Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington

Most people have an aversion to risk, my college economics professor told me. Which means they have to be rewarded to take on that risk. The higher the risk, the higher the possible payout has to be for people to jump.

– Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington

I live a fairly simple life, and that didn’t change much after I sold TechCrunch in 2010. I didn’t buy a new house or even a new car. The one thing I did splurge on was a boat. Nothing too fancy or large.

– Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington

Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts.

– Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington

I don’t claim to be a journalist. I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure.

– Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington

Our government is just way too interested in mucking around in Silicon Valley by creating and enforcing rules based on little or no understanding of the consequences.

– Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington

For the most part, I’ve sat on the sidelines over the years during the endless debates about how we need to do more to encourage more women to start companies.

– Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington

The problem isn’t that Silicon Valley is keeping women down or not doing enough to encourage female entrepreneurs. The opposite is true. No, the problem is that not enough women want to become entrepreneurs.

– Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington

Success in Silicon Valley, most would agree, is more merit-driven than almost any other place in the world. It doesn’t matter how old you are, what sex you are, what politics you support or what color you are. If your idea rocks and you can execute, you can change the world and/or get really, stinking rich.

– Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington

I’m nearly certain that Google accessed my Gmail account after I broke a major story about Google.

– Michael Arrington

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