Six years ago, me and my cofounder Phil were sleeping on mildewy mattresses in a cold Mountain View garage, trying to start a company on a shoestring budget. Five years ago, WriteWith, our online group writing service, made it into Y Combinator’s third class of startups. Four years ago, we failed and I stumbled into a writing job at VentureBeat. Two years ago, I became the editor and cofounder of Inside Network. Six months ago, we got acquired.

I’m starting at TechCrunch today not just as a blogger-journalist, but as someone who’s been an entrepreneur. I can relate to your failures and successes because I’ve had my own.

I’m here now to help continue the traditions that have made this site a destination for me since 2005: offering a forum for frank conversations about tech, and a platform for startups. Why? Because I believe that innovation is what’s going to help this world become a better place, I believe that Silicon Valley is (at its best) in the middle of making this happen, and I believe that meaningful coverage can help everyone get better.

Okay, enough with the “I, me, Hello World” stuff, it’s time to write about you. Get in touch: eldon (at) techcrunch (dot) com.

[Photo by Carol Kast, Phil's mom, circa 2006. I'm the shorter guy on the left.]

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• ERIC ELDON

Person: Eric Eldon

Companies: TechCrunch, Inside Network, VentureBeat

Eric Eldon is the Co-Editor of TechCrunch. He was previously the cofounder and editor of Inside Network, where he managed publications including Inside Facebook, Inside Social Games and Inside Mobile Apps. Before that, he spent a couple years covering technology and finance at VentureBeat, a leading Silicon Valley publication where he was the first employee. While Inside Network sold to WebMediaBrands for $14 million in May of 2011, Eric also had a failed startup a few years ago. Called...

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