Princeton Fall 2016 Lecture

My Path in VC

Danny Crichton

Who Am I?

Short version: Investor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
Early-stage, consumer-focused

Remember!

How did I get here?

Computers

Programming

Stanford

Intelligence

Google

Korea

Breaking into Venture

How do you get hired?

My Story

Leaving VC

TechCrunch

Grad School

Returning to Venture

The Future?

Takeaways?

Posted on November 11, 2016

Discussion

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Biography

I’m an editorial manager at TechCrunch, where I cover technology and power. Get in touch if you have a unique perspective on strategy, finance, or politics.

Formerly, I was a venture capitalist at Charles River Ventures and General Catalyst, a Harvard PhD dropout, and a graduate of Stanford in Mathematical and Computational Sciences.

Ethics

Please read my ethics disclosures.

Motto

Fortune favors the bold

Contact Me

My TechCrunch email is danny@techcrunch.com

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Danny Crichton

My Path in VC

Who Am I?

Who Am I?

Remember!

How did I get here?

How did I get here?

Computers

Programming

Stanford

Intelligence

Google

Korea

Breaking into Venture

How do you get hired?

My Story

Leaving VC

TechCrunch

Grad School

Returning to Venture

The Future?

Takeaways?

Discussion

Navigation

Biography

Ethics

Motto

Contact Me

Currently Reading

Reading Docket

Recently Read

Current Obsessions

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