CrunchBase, our free database of startup and people information, continues to grow thanks to countless additions and corrections by the community. The site now has entries on 20,000 people, 10,000 companies and over 1,000 venture funds.
The majority of content is added by the community (CrunchBase has wiki features to allow unlimited versioning control to step back if bad entries are made). When an important deal or milestone about a person or startup is reported on any site, people add it to Crunchbase for others to find.
We’re starting to see grass roots efforts by local startup communities to make sure their data is in CrunchBase and up to date. We also have an open API that lets developers grab CrunchBase data. And we’ve written about some of our favorite applications to access that data here and on the CrunchBase blog.
But there still isn’t nearly enough data in CrunchBase. We want you to be in there too. Just add a few sentences about yourself to the database, upload a picture and put in a link to your blog or website (see “contribute” links on the right sidebar). And if you are at a startup, please make sure you add your information, or check to see if the information already there is up to date.
The team continues to add features weekly. If you have any feedback, please let us know.
Mr. Arrington, you sure seem to be working a lot for Thanksgiving, I just hope you had a chance to enjoy your day a little bit, too. Happy Thanksgiving to you, sir, and I mean that most sincerely. Thanks for all you do to keep us informed.
Arrington does not sleep. He is Jack Bauer.
When Google can’t find something, it asks Arrington.
When Yahoo can’t find their balance sheet, they sacrifice a vertical search engine at Arrington’s feet. (Yahoo slaughter continues anyway, but this time with a grin.)
When the economy wants to take a sh*t, it asks Arrington for permission first. (Upon seeing the 54th Twitter clone in September, he gave the go-ahead.)
Arrington once opened a can of whoop ass. All he found inside was a mirror and a link to techcrunch.com.
When Arrington turns on an Xbox, the screen just says “You Win” and turns off.
When retarded startup founders break into Arrington’s house and wake him up, they bring coffee first. (On their way out, their ass gets handed to them by way of blog post. 1+ million RSS readers rejoice.)
Arrington doesn’t visit the gym. The gym visits him. (But only once a month
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When Symantec can’t beat a virus, they come to Arrington. He writes a blog post with one hand, and beats the virus with the other.
When bad things happen to good startups, it’s probably poor luck. When bad things happen to bad startups, it’s thanks to Arrington. (See: PayPerPost)
Arrington once forgot where he put his witty sarcasm. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up the location of the wit and sarcasm.
There is the right way, the wrong way, and the Arrington way. It’s basically the right way but faster and with bad startup ideas skewered by the wayside.
HAHA Thats waay tooo accurate
Hey Jack–I found your comment hilarious–thanks for stopping by!
I’m already there
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What is techcrunch basically !!
hi
Computer Repairs would be good….
i really like the crunch base , but i did love forums when you have it..
did you see the techcruch sandbottle on flickr ?
am still waiting the youtube video upload .
really what happened to the techcruch forums?
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Great. I’m sure that was the reason it was built…SEO. Indeed.
Turns out I am! Try to find me!
We used crunchbase as our “About” page when we first got started and probably will go back to it. Basically has it all: team, product, screenshots, links to articles and blogs.
What more could you possibly want?
Glad it’s working out for you–never thought of using it as an “About” page!
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its amazing