TechCrunch Disrupt SF: Wall Street Journal Takes AngelGate Bait

The AngelGate controversy, borne of a faux PlanCast meeting at Bin 38 that was a joke and a play on the real issue of the struggle for control pitting angel investors against entrepreneurs who create the very platforms and devices at the center of the conflict, has caught the attention of The Wall Street Journal.

Trouble is, WSJ Blogger Russell Garland didn't realize the meeting was fake:

AngelGate, as it’s become known, just won’t go away. The brouhaha erupted after TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington uncovered a meeting of top angel investors in a San Francisco restaurant, Bin 38. Arrington blogged about it, alleging angel collusion. Now angel Ron Conway, who wasn’t at the meeting but whose SV Angel partner David Lee apparently was,...

With AngelGate, Michael Arrington has managed to shine the light on TechCrunch Disrupt SF. But for all of this, nothing that happens this week will match the fireworks that happened after Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz famously told Michael to fuck off:



Well, that's not going to happen this time. A man telling Michael what to do just doesn't have the same impact as a woman blasting him. Even though it wasn't the intent, it made for good video.

Especially for Zennie62 on YouTube.