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Michael Arrington

J. Michael Arrington (born March 13, 1970 in Huntington Beach, California) is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of TechCrunch, a blog covering startups and technology news.

Arrington attended Claremont McKenna College (BA Economics, 1992) and Stanford Law School (JD, 1995), and practiced as a corporate and securities lawyer at two law firms: O’Melveny & Myers and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His clients included idealab, Netscape, Pixar, Apple and a number of startups, venture funds and investment banks. He also co-authored a book on initial public offerings.

In 1999, he left WSGR to join RealNames as VP of Business Development and General Counsel. In 2000, he cofounded Achex, an online payments company, that was later acquired by First Data Corp for $32 million. Achex is now the back end infrastructure to Western Union online.

Arrington worked in an operational role at a Carlyle backed startup in London, founded and ran two companies in Canada (Zip.ca and Pool.com), was COO to a Kleiner-backed company called Razorgator, and consulted to other companies, including Verisign.

In May 2008, Time Magazine named Michael Arrington as one of the world’s 100 most influential people.

Milestones

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  Michael Arrington added a position as General Partner. (9/1/11)
  Posted 9/1/11 at 10:52am
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  Michael Arrington added a position as Limited Partner.
  Posted 6/30/11 at 2:04pm
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  Michael Arrington added a position as Limited Partner/Investor. (4/1/11)
  Posted 5/10/11 at 9:22am
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  Michael Arrington added a position as Limited Partner. (5/1/11)
  Posted 5/10/11 at 8:42am
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  Michael Arrington added a position as Mentor at i/o Ventures.
  Posted 1/6/10 at 10:47am
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  Michael Arrington added a position as Co-Founder at Achex. (1/1/99)
  Posted 11/30/09 at 8:46am
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  Michael Arrington added a position as Founder/Board of Directors at Edgeio.
  Posted 5/24/08 at 12:13am
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  Michael Arrington added a position as Founder at TechCrunch.
  Posted 2/6/08 at 3:21pm
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  Michael Arrington invested in Getaround. (9/9/11)
  Posted 9/9/11 at 6:10pm via techcrunch.com
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  Michael Arrington invested in Namesake. (9/7/11)
  Posted 9/7/11 at 6:21am via techcrunch.com
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  Michael Arrington invested in SnapGuide. (6/8/11)
  Posted 6/8/11 at 6:30pm via techcrunch.com
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  Michael Arrington invested in Zaarly. (3/9/11)
  Posted 3/9/11 at 3:16pm via techcrunch.com
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  Michael Arrington invested in Likealittle. (6/30/11)
  Posted 6/30/11 at 11:30am via techcrunch.com
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  Michael Arrington invested in Milk. (4/1/11)
  Posted 4/26/11 at 4:09pm via techcrunch.com
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  Michael Arrington invested in Airtime. (10/6/11)
  Posted 4/15/11 at 12:02pm via techcrunch.com
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  Michael Arrington invested in Seesmic. (11/1/07)
  Posted 12/10/07 at 6:10am via loiclemeur.com

Investments

Videos

Sources

1. TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington is raising his own venture fund (venturebeat.com) []
2. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Car Rental Marketplace Getaround Gets Around $3.4 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Chill Raises $1.5M From Kleiner Perkins And Others To Make Online Video Social (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Andreessen-Horowitz Adds Jeff Jordan As General Partner, Leads $5M+ LikeALittle Series A (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Stealthy Startup SnapGuide Closes $2+ Million Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Milk Completes $1.5 Million Angel Round, Packed with Valley Names (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Zaarly Launches Realtime, Local Marketplace To The Public (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Loic Le Meur's Blog (loiclemeur.com) []
10. techcrunch.com [edit]
11. Citation Needed [add]
12. Softech VC (blog.softtechvc.com) [edit]