A little while ago, Fred Wilson over at A VC posted a reader poll in which he asked his readers to identify themselves by their occupation. We thought this was a cool idea so we’ve decided to run our own polls below.
We have provided an occupation poll that is a near facsimile of Wilson’s. Further down, we have placed a couple of polls that address other topics.
Thanks for taking a few seconds to fill these out - the results should be interesting!
Which of the following labels best describes your occupation?
- Startup founder
- Established company staff
- Student
- Other
- Startup staff
- Established company founder
- Educator or academic
- Journalist (Traditional or Citizen)
- Research scientist
- Venture capital firm partner
- Venture capital firm staff
- Angel investor
- Hedge fund staff
- Hedge fund partner
- Buyout fund staff
- Buyout fund partner
Total Votes: 4905
Started: August 17, 2007
How often do you read TechCrunch?
- Daily
- A few times per week
- Hourly
- Once per week
- Every other day
- A few times per season or less
- Once per month
- Every other week
Total Votes: 4338
Started: August 17, 2007
Do you smile or grumble when TechCrunch covers Facebook news?
- Grumble
- Smile
Total Votes: 4046
Started: August 17, 2007
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I grumble when you post about google too — it’s as bad as Paris news….:)
Regarding Megan Webb: Excellent bone structure, but she seems to be the airhead’s Gina Smith. Unlike Gina, she seems to lack something substantial upstairs. Other than having the surname Webb, how did she get this gig???
ihero - should we switch to celebrity gossip? Politics?
Hi Michael,
No Sir — please !!!!!! And in no way am I grumbling about your work — I just know from experience that google doesn’t crawl the web as often as other search engines. You can do some testing if you don’t believe me. They of course have the search business locked up, a good businees model and all that — but I know they don’t perform as well.
Have a good one,
BT
I’m *really* surprised at how high the grumble factor is for Facebook. I wish I had an audience this loud to poll because it would shed some light to find out *why*. But, if Kawasaki’s observations ring true, (see, the art of the start presentation) then this polarization is a Great thing.
I smiled when I saw the Facebook news. Not because I hate them or anything, it just reminds me even the best have a weakness.
polls, polls are good.
i represent all 3 of the majority’s results
I grumble, but out of jealousy. I still want to see facebook news.
http://www.wellenglish.com
So about 40 percent of those polled are either startup founders, or startup staffers. Looks like some entrepreneurship goin on ’round here.
Polls are good to identify your readers groups. Nice concept.
Surprised there isn’t an “IT” job category….higher ed IT in my case, but still IT….
I grumble out of jealousy mainly too.
The only complaint I have isn’t about coverage so much as it is about the coverage of the screen with WIDGETS! I feel like I have a pretty decent computer and a good connection, but man it really chokes on some of these.
Still, I could read RSS if it really mattered that much to me.
Funny, for some reason I doubt there are almost 300 startup founders.
I judge your grip on reality by how much attention you give to facebook vs. myspace. It’s like watching you fret/promote Yahoo more than Google. It makes you seem too insulated from my Grandma or nephews.
But of course, I think you kinda are supposed to act like PodTech’s VP of Marketing. When smallish media companies roll around the same circuit together, its odd to pretend later you’re objective “press.” Much more incestuous certainly than say CNN and Democrats - and nobody blinked twice when Tony Snow took the daily podium. You are everybody’s VP of Marketing - I think you should act like it.
Just cheer-lead tech, leave the real analysis to the market- it never gets it wrong. You’ll survive alot longer - read the above poll results, NO ONE reads this site to get your opinion - we just care about ourselves. This is just a friendly, C’MON. Don’t kid yourself.
Give me back my daily digest of all the techcrunch posts in an e-mail. Why those were taken off????? Rest everything is cool!!
It’s interesting how many startup founders there are.
techmine - are you not getting the emails?
@14 - Why not? Anyone with an idea and either some coding skills or shoestring budget to outsource can call themselves startup founder.
Majority of Techcrunch readers want to launch their own startups anyways.
Ouch… polarizing the readership with the facebook angle… (smile, btw.. why not, success stories are what most of us are hoping to become… cover facebook, cover digg, hell.. cover classmates!! lol… it’s all a gleeful reminder of why were in it!)
p.s. lol @ #14 (i’m sure many “startup staff” enjoy considering themselves a founder for the purpose of polling legend… although i honestly put staff… honest.)
How can I embed a user poll into my website like the one in your post above? I like it alot.
I sweated my balls off in IT for 30 years and finally sold my company so I could do whatever I want to do in life and the only category I can choose above is “other?” I almost chose “angel” but any hi tech startup I ever invested in other than my own turned me into an idiot or so my accountant told me so there will be no more of that.
Facebook- Grumble, grumble.
But I do read you daily. Best damn site on the internet. Keep it up.
to people who have issues with the options in the first poll - I think Mark wanted to make them identical to what Fred Wilson put up, possibly to compare results. I agree it isn’t a perfect set of answers.
Add this one next time:
Are you concerned people will think you’re a loser if they discover you prefer to spend Friday nights at home, alone, hanging out on blogs?
1) Yes
2) No, couldn’t give a hoot what anyone thinks
3) Only if they found out I spend Saturdays the same way
I really enjoy TC. I just think some of your original objectivity has waned. It’s hard to compartmentalize when you’re a lawyer, an entrepreneur, and making an excellent stab at journalism. One thing I didn’t think you would be is a cheerleader or evangelist. Throw that into the mix and it gets boring. Many read and never post. I wonder if the same companies on the front page turn them off. I know I don’t read the Washington Post anymore due to the same old crap all the time. It gets old. Not sure what the poll will tell you but whatever it is, I hope you take heed.
Yea, I kept Wilson’s choices for the first poll because I thought they were pretty good and it might be interesting to compare them.
But I did simply fail to realize that IT wasn’t included - sorry about that. I’ve worked in IT, too, so it’s not like I don’t appreciate the category =). I’d add it now, but I don’t want to change things midstream.
ditto austin storm. but hey - where’s the not-really-needed poll for iPhone?
some ideas for multiple choice: a) get gone. b) move on already c) iphone-who? d) more pls
I grumble and get pissed off due to Forum Spam left lying for days on end.
I think it’s interesting that the perception a lot of people have is that TC gives them exposure to VC and prospective people at companies like FIM, google, etc., yet the majority of the readers from the poll say they are founders of start ups. I’ve wondered for six or so months if TC’s audience shifted in audience because of the level of knowledge/experience that has seemed to change in the comments people post. The comments used to be a lot different. It makes sense reading this now.
I like the site. It’s still one of the best. I could care less about what companies are covered, the analysis of whether or not it’s a good idea or has a place in the market is what I’ve always found insightful.
Doesn’t anyone think this whole “social networking” thing is a house of cards that will come crashing down, inevitably, just like the subprime mortgage market or the dotcoms in 2000?
I mean, it’s great that Facebook and Myspace have all these members, and all these ads, but in the end, they’re JUST websites like any other site.
I grumble everytime a FaceBook story is posted, but I couldn’t help but laugh that that was one of your poll questions. Hey, at least you know people are grumbling
But seriously - FB news once or twice a week is fine, but I think you are definitely going overboard with it!
Come on Mike, your polll interface is so 1.0… what happened to the web 2.0 poll widgets that you covered
Another poll/survey for TechCrunchers that digs a bit deeper…http://quibblo.com/quiz/4PLJ4X/The-Web-StartupEntrepreneur-Survey
To me Facebook is nothing but a waste of time. Maybe an upgrade for myspace, but I never liked myspace anyway.
Very interesting results thus far from the poll.
It would be interesting seeing how common it is where your average reader leaves comments to your posts, and the age dispersion of your readers.
How old does your company need to be to switch from ’startup’ to ‘established’?
Me? Mostly covering Fake Steve!
Which category am I? I am not even in IT I suppose?
I’m a web designer/IT guy. But, I’m still in highschool-so, the only option that fitted me was student. I don’t really smile, or grumble, over facebook news. I’m not big on facebook (or myspace, or social networking at all). I read TC cause I like hearing about the latest in internet/computer stuff.
I think you should have had a third option with regard to Facebook.. a “Don’t Care” option or something.
I keep an eye on the Facebook stuff, but I’ve stopped going to my Facebook profile just to save time and avoid always knowing what everyone else is up to. (I moved out of the city to get away from it all….)
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