Sarah Ruth Lacy is an American

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 technology journalist and author.

She co-hosts web video show Yahoo!

Yahoo!

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 Tech Ticker and is a columnist at BusinessWeek

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. Sarah was also a columnist at TechCrunch

TechCrunch

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 until November 19, 2011.

She is noted for an interview with Facebook

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 CEO Mark Zuckerberg

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 at the 2008 South by Southwest Interactive

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 festival during which some members of the audience staged what has been characterized as a revolt. Her response, posted on her Twitter account, was "Seriously screw all you guys. I did my best to ask a range of things."

She is the author of Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good

Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good

Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good is a book written by Sarah Lacy and published in 2008. It is about some of the most successful companies of Silicon Valley and an in-depth insight into the story behind the founders, including anecdotes and other stories....

, which also goes under the title "The Stories of Facebook, Youtube and Myspace".