Thanks for clarifying. I can see that better now. Pointing the finger (at a news source or particular story) seems like a poor starting point. What are some new sources you can recommend that focus on startup activity in Detroit? I feel that should have been part of the article.
Without recommending a better place to look, that's just throwing stones.
Re:Put That Techcrunch Down
by growdetroit on Monday October 24, 2011 @02:44PM
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No problem. Glad you commented. If anything, I interpreted it as less about where to look as a source for media, but more as what the mindset of an Entrepreneur should be.
You have to admit...TC has an interesting habit of glorifying the funding round, and as Gary Vee would tend to agree (see the first link in the article), what should be glorified is the bootstrapped startup that manages to attain profitability on its own.
There's a local startup we recently interviewed (article coming soon to the site) that bootstrapped it's way to roughly 3.5mm in annualized revenue in just a few short years.
Come on, complaining about TechCrunch is a hacker tradition. Even Mike Arrington complains about TechCrunch... He complained that the fun was all out of it about 20% of the way through his involvement in it.
Re:Put That Techcrunch Down
by BallinBige on Monday October 24, 2011 @01:21PM
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good point, there is now a few resources listed in the comments section
Re:Put That Techcrunch Down
by BallinBige on Monday October 24, 2011 @12:29PM
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Well said. There is no doubt TC can be a breath of fresh motivation, yet its almost like watching Cribs on MTV!
Moreso, a call-to-action, and a request to put things in proper perspective, as opposed to judging the quality of your startup against the TC darlings who raise $41mm in a series A. ;)