Startups Get Schooled At TechCrunch Conference
One of the most interesting part of going to TechCrunch 50 this week, at least for me, was listening to seasoned investors ask tough questions of young, inexperienced entrepreneurs. “Mike (Arrington, of TechCrunch) said I was harsh,” Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham told TechCrunch writer Sarah Lacy after his panel, sounding surprised. “What I want to know is, how does it all work? What’s the insides? “You have to ask a lot of questions, and people never seem to answer all of them. When you’re asking people a whole bunch of questions, you seem mean. I wasn’t sure whether we were supposed to act like we really meant it.”
19 September 2009•4 mins read
