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Michael Arrington

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Michael Arrington is an American blogger, entrepreneur and venture capitalist born in 1970. After working as a lawyer, in 2004 he set up TechCrunch, a technology blog focused on internet startups. He sold the business to AOL in 2010. He then started the CrunchFund series of venture funds, which have funded over 100 startups.

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Jan 1999

Realnames Corp.

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Arrington joins the internet keyword naming and navigation company as general counsel and VP for business development.

Aug 1997

Corporate attorney

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Arrington joins the Silicon Valley firms Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and O’Melveny & Myers. His clients include idealab, Netscape, Pixar, Apple, and a number of startups, venture funds and investment banks. He says he was

… an exceptionally average attorney.