Mint founder on Silicon Valley

#1

Post by aditya » Mon, Sep 14, 2009, 4:18 PM UTC

Mint founder on Silicon Valley
techcrunch.com

Re: Mint founder on Silicon Valley

#2

Post by nobody_nowhere » Mon, Sep 14, 2009, 4:36 PM UTC

excellent timing for the relentless techcrunch self-promotion machine...

Re: Mint founder on Silicon Valley

#3

Post by mixmax » Mon, Sep 14, 2009, 4:41 PM UTC

"While everyone else was doing social media, music, video or the startup de jour, we tried to ground ourselves in what any business should be doing: solve a real problem for people."

This is good advice for all aspiring entrepreneurs.

Re: Mint founder on Silicon Valley

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Post by ryanwaggoner » Mon, Sep 14, 2009, 4:44 PM UTC

nobody_nowhere wrote: post #2

excellent timing for the relentless techcrunch self-promotion machine...

Oh come on...

  1. This was written by Mint's founder, not TC
  2. This *is* a success story for TC
  3. There's nothing wrong with self-promotion :)

Re: Mint founder on Silicon Valley

#5

Post by arohner » Mon, Sep 14, 2009, 4:45 PM UTC

Wow, one line out of the whole story mentions TechCrunch, and they run that as the headline.

And it's slimy how TC implies that because Mint launched at TC50, it caused Mint to be acquired.

Re: Mint founder on Silicon Valley

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Post by javery » Mon, Sep 14, 2009, 4:49 PM UTC

This story does seem to gloss over the VC piece, to me it read like they started with no money and got to $170 million without investment. Didn't they raise 30+ million?

Re: Mint founder on Silicon Valley

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Post by nobody_nowhere » Mon, Sep 14, 2009, 4:59 PM UTC

ryanwaggoner wrote: post #4

nobody_nowhere wrote: post #2

excellent timing for the relentless techcrunch self-promotion machine...

Oh come on... 1. This was written by Mint's founder, not TC 2. This *is* a success story for TC 3. There's nothing wrong with self-promotion :)

Hey, is there no room for snark about a snarky website? I've got a horse in the TC50 race, so it's great that he bills it as "The Value of TechCrunch", but isn't really about the value of Mint?

Re: Mint founder on Silicon Valley

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Post by axod » Mon, Sep 14, 2009, 5:04 PM UTC

What he doesn't mention is how much money Mint was making (If it was making any at all).

Plenty of bubble valley hyping up about how it couldn't have happened anywhere else etc etc. Bleugh.

Re: Mint founder on Silicon Valley

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Post by chaosmachine » Mon, Sep 14, 2009, 5:05 PM UTC

arohner wrote: post #5

Wow, one line out of the whole story mentions TechCrunch, and they run that as the headline. And it's slimy how TC implies that because Mint launched at TC50, it caused Mint to be acquired.

Well, they won $50,000 at TC50, it's hard to get a better launch day than that.

Re: Mint founder on Silicon Valley

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Sep 14, 2009, 5:05 PM UTC

arohner wrote: post #5

Wow, one line out of the whole story mentions TechCrunch, and they run that as the headline. And it's slimy how TC implies that because Mint launched at TC50, it caused Mint to be acquired.

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