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January 24, 2008

TechCrunch’s CEO Heather Harde On The GigaOM Show

Duncan Riley

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Our own Heather Harde appeared on this weeks GigaOM show to talk about the Crunchies, her role at TechCrunch, and general merger and acquisition movements in Web 2.0. Heather was previously with News Corp for 10 years, most recently as SVP Mergers & Acquisitions for Fox Interactive Media. The interview itself starts at 3:32 in to the video. We don’t see Heather in front of the camera that often, so if you’ve ever wondered what the person running the show behind the scenes is like, enjoy.

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  1. Andreas Gerads

    January 24th, 2008 at 11:30 pm

    Cool interview - did you want to tell us, that TC is going to acquire GigaOM? :)

  2. dedos

    January 24th, 2008 at 11:40 pm

    great Interview — I hope to see more of her in the future, it seems like she got really got knowledge!!! maybe we can ask her questions in the future..

  3. DZ

    January 25th, 2008 at 12:18 am

    She’s hot. Heather, call me.

  4. Toby Graham

    January 25th, 2008 at 12:57 am

    great interview, Heather was a bit cagey bit it’s all good

  5. Peter

    January 25th, 2008 at 12:59 am

    Nice khakis Chris! Is this still the N. 1 item to wear in the valley?

    Heather looks like a smart girl, why not make a nice TC video with Heather visiting startups etc.?

  6. Daniel Thomaser

    January 25th, 2008 at 1:49 am

    @Peter

    why not? maybe because even in the fancy web2.0 blosphere there are some people who actually have to….. work.

    Seriously…

  7. Duncan Riley

    January 25th, 2008 at 1:56 am

    Daniel
    behave :-)
    but sure, I’ve seen Heather behind the scenes prior to a TC party, TC40 and now The Crunchies, and she more than earns her keep. Insane amount of work required for the three events I’ve mentioned, and Heather does it with style…and 18 hour work days.

  8. Orli Yakuel

    January 25th, 2008 at 2:19 am

    Great show!

    Really love Heather, such a lovely and calm person.

  9. Soap

    January 25th, 2008 at 2:44 am

    I was waiting for someone to post “wow she’s hot” and there you go. it took 3 comments.

    yes she’s attractive… and also SMART. can’t say the same about some few TC readers…

  10. Daniel Thomaser

    January 25th, 2008 at 3:38 am

    Ok Mr. Riley, I am sorry
    I promise to write the following sentence a hundred times on the blackboard:
    “Even if I am stressed out, I will not be rude to the much valued TechCrunch readers”

    :-)

  11. Trae Dorn

    January 25th, 2008 at 6:04 am

    Re: #3
    Why is it that the instant I saw that she was attractive that someone was going to write the obligatory “She’s Hot” comment? I mean, c’mon - couldn’t you have been a little bit more creative than that?

    …and sound less loney? :P

  12. Adam Jackson

    January 25th, 2008 at 7:22 am

    I met her briefly at the crunchies. First impressions were great. Awesome interview, BTW.

  13. HGuide

    January 25th, 2008 at 8:51 am

    @5

    We represent with the cotton docks here in the bay. Rep yo city!!

  14. jackmayhofferr

    January 25th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    Every nows mike is *really* running the show

    btw - the GigaOM show is unwatchable

    go revision3

  15. ZOMGPWN!

    January 25th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

    Well.. she IS hot. DZ didn’t qualify it… so the only person separating the notion of attractiveness from mental capacity is you. Maybe he’s turned on by her intellect…? If he (or she) had made a remark about one of her physical features it would be different, but the implication was put there by other people. Saying “she’s hot” doesn’t mean you’re lonely or valuing looks over brains, it just means you think someone is hot. Unbunch your panties, peeps. Dang. I’m 100% sure she’s used to hearing that and she seems more than capable of dealing with it…. among other, much more pointed remarks. I mean.. nobody has even introduced the term ‘Chris Sandwich’ yet. 2girls1chris..? Anyone?

  16. Zach Weisman

    January 25th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    widescreen!?! YEAH!

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