LOL I just emailed a startup saying I'd love to talk to them for TechCrunch. Instead of googling it, they replied with "What is TechCrunch".
I'm impressed.
Haje
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Haje
@Haje
I daydream about peace. and I occasionally take a photo or two.
Joined December 2006
- I've moved on from @TechCrunch, focusing on helping early-stage startup founders raise money. If you're raising <$1.5m, check out the AI tool I built to give feedback on your deck: haje.pub/ai and my guide to all things fundraising: pitch.guide/pitch-guide-kn…
- Replying to @dvassallo and @ekurutepeYou're picking a really odd fight for safety there, my man.
- You wouldn't believe how often I get these types of inquiries. Then I got curious... What if I tried to _buy_ an article on @TechCrunch? I headed to @fiverr and spent $800 with people who guaranteed they could get my article placed on the site.
- Replying to @HajeI got curious what'd happen if I tried to buy an article on @TechCrunch via @Fiverr. I think I stumbled into some organized crime, and a scammer who impersonated @JagmeetS13 in a #Telegram chat to try to convince me he was legit. It's a wild story:
- GREAT NEWS: All 85 Pitch Deck Teardowns I've done for @TechCrunch are now available 100% for free, without a paywall. It's an incredible library of feedback and examples of pitch decks that have successfully raised money. haje.pub/pdt?12
- I'm getting some fantastically tone-deaf and tasteless pitches trying to tie startup news to the Israel situation. Come on, folks, have some heart. #PRFail
- I just had a pitch from a PR firm that describes itself as 'politely pushy'. Allow me to 'gently trash' the completely irrelevant press release. #PRFail
- 📌 How to pitch me on TechCrunch, what I cover, and some of my other projects. A brief thread...
- Today would have been by 10th wedding anniversary. The divorce was as kind and as compassionate as a divorce can be. And yet, I am overwhelmed by grief, sadness, and a sense of loss.
- PR: <pitches me crypto story> Me: I don't love crypto, try someone on the crypto team? PR: Who on TechCrunch writes about crypto? Me: ... I dunno. If only our stories were, like, tagged in some sort of way so you could possibly find that out. techcrunch.com/category/crypt… #PRFail
- Today, I'll be publishing my first Pitch Deck Teardown on @TechCrunchPlus without the @TechCrunch paywall. That's right - a completely free teardown of a company that raised at a $1.7 billion valuation. Stay tuned. Woooo! Thanks, @Alex for greenlighting this :D
- Some personal news. I’m no longer with @TechCrunch. But I’m still building tools for founders like there’s no tomorrow. pitch.guide is where I do all my senanigans. Learn about what it takes to raise VC funding (and why you’re struggling)
