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April 22, 2021

Veteran journalist Steve O’Hear quits TechCrunch for grocery startup

Exclusive: Steve O’Hear is quitting journalism after 10+ years reporting on European tech. The provocateur takes a look back at his career and explains what’s next.


Isabel Woodford

8 min read

Veteran Techcrunch journalist Steve O'Hear recently joined grocery delivery startup Zapp as VP of Operations.

"If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to be a lawyer and his hands are too shaky to perform operations, he becomes a journalist.”

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O'Hear's first article for the Guardian, in 1992, as an intern
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NOT friends: O'Hear with Blomfield on stage. Earlier this year, the two conducted a candid interview, where Blomfield announced he was leaving Monzo
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O'Hear's resignation note to TechCrunch colleagues last week
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