[dasil003]

TC has jumped the shark, but they still drive a ton of traffic—enough to kick start your product if it's good enough. However "king maker" is a strong word for it. I've been several times by TC over the last 5 years and it never amounted to much in terms of conversions. Back in the day they had big influence with investors which was proportionally valuable in the tight-knit community of SV investors, but these days they're well into the downward slope of the bell curve. Congratulations to the author for benefitting from TC, but there's never been a better time to ignore them.