But really only if you're interested in learning about hot new spaces in trends, yea then it's ok.
Or if you want to see what external thought leaders have to say, reading on the weekends is ok.
But don't read it for funding.
Unless you're looking for funding, then maybe it's ok to read it to help you narrow your investor pitch focus by seeing who is active and wear.
But certainly don't read it for product. Yeah, that'd be stupid.
Unless, and only unless, you want to see what early adopters who see more new products in a month then most people do in a year have to say about new technology, trends and spaces.
On second thought, yea read TechCrunch.
Just be a good enough entrepreneur to know that reading or not reading TechCrunch won't make or break your company, and is a really lame scapegoat.
The only thing that will make or break your company is you and your idea.
This to me is the reason not to read TechCrunch (or at least to read it with a healthy dose of scepticism - even more than usual on the internet).
I'd expect any aspiring entrepreneur to understand the benefits and trade-offs of the different models for raising funding in the way I'd expect anyone looking for thousands of dollars for anything to understand the strings that are attached to it.
The real problem with TechCrunch is that it operates in an unclear space between journalism and PR (even more than usual) which makes everything on there questionable.
However, I look at TC as more of a gossip rag than a real tech news blog. When I want some dirt on some startup, I'll read it. When I want something with more substance, I'll read Wired or Ars Technica.
Unless you're interested in startups generally.
Or if you want to learn about new companies.
But really only if you're interested in learning about hot new spaces in trends, yea then it's ok.
Or if you want to see what external thought leaders have to say, reading on the weekends is ok.
But don't read it for funding.
Unless you're looking for funding, then maybe it's ok to read it to help you narrow your investor pitch focus by seeing who is active and wear.
But certainly don't read it for product. Yeah, that'd be stupid.
Unless, and only unless, you want to see what early adopters who see more new products in a month then most people do in a year have to say about new technology, trends and spaces.
On second thought, yea read TechCrunch.
Just be a good enough entrepreneur to know that reading or not reading TechCrunch won't make or break your company, and is a really lame scapegoat.
The only thing that will make or break your company is you and your idea.