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Dave McClure
Dave McClure
American Businessman
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My role has been limited to focus on fiduciary obligations to our investors as a general partner of our funds. Dave McClure
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With great power comes great responsibility. These are platforms with hundreds of millions of people. Dave McClure
Great People Responsibility Power Hundreds Great Power Great Responsibility Platforms Millions Millions Of People
There's this myopia among American venture capitalists to not go anywhere beyond Silicon Valley and New York. Dave McClure
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I made advances towards multiple women in work-related situations, where it was clearly inappropriate. I put people in compromising and inappropriate situations, and I selfishly took advantage of those situations where I should have known better. My behavior was inexcusable and wrong. Dave McClure
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There's a mathematical way to get success. Dave McClure
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I did pick Lyft, but Lyft didn't seem amazing. Dave McClure
Amazing Seem Pick Did
Everybody in the industry thinks I'm the crazy person. Dave McClure
Crazy Everybody Industry Person Crazy Person Thinks
I don't think there's nearly enough interesting ways to do education online, particularly for younger children. Dave McClure
Education Think Enough Ways Online Particularly Children Interesting Younger Nearly
It's pretty challenging for large funds to spend the time and energy necessary to get a meaningful return when most of the wins coming out are perhaps below $100 million exits and the ones above are very few and far between. Dave McClure
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Sometimes, we nerds of technology sort of don't think that the rules necessarily apply to us in the same way, but I think when you produce products that hundreds of millions of people, if not billions of people, are using, we have the same responsibilities as any other person representing the Fourth Estate. Dave McClure
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I think 'Shark Tank' is targeting companies that are really trying to raise their very first dollar. A lot of them aren't really tech focused. We're definitely going after companies that are building real technology, either software or hardware, they probably have raised a couple hundred thousand already. Dave McClure
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I want to invest in a functional product that people are using. Dave McClure
People Invest Want Product Using Functional
Europe is kind of fragmented. Africa is nascent; we've made a few investments, including four in Egypt. I visit 50-60 cities and 20-25 countries a year. The intent is to be a global fund, which takes time and prioritization. Dave McClure
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The earlier you invest, the higher that attrition rate is because it's compounded. We have a more scientific method of investment. Dave McClure
You Compounded Rate More Higher Invest Investment Attrition Because Scientific Scientific Method Method Earlier
While I'd like to believe that I'm not a bad or evil person, regardless, it's clear that some of my past actions have hurt or offended several women. And I probably deserve to be called a creep. Dave McClure
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Not everybody wants to be Mark Zuckerberg, but everybody wants to create a little piece of the American dream, the Silicon Valley version. I don't think that's a bad thing. Dave McClure
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There's going to be a Google or a Facebook or a Zynga every three to five years. Those are really big ideas that do return substantial amounts of money. Dave McClure
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I aim to combine all the things I do in a comprehensive and holistic fashion that benefits startups and the people who make them grow. Dave McClure
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Food tech has been kind of an area that we have been making a number of investments in. Kind of a big boring industry, but a lot of people eat. Dave McClure
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We are trying to build large, lasting businesses. Dave McClure
Build Lasting Trying Businesses Large
If you already have some amount of significant traction with customers, either in usage or in revenue, you should very quickly try and get that clearly out. Dave McClure
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We often say if you have traction, lead with traction. Talk about specific customers, usage numbers, revenue metrics - anything like that that really is clearly explicit and factual. Get that out in front early. Dave McClure
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We have to support the well-being of society. Dave McClure
Society Support Well-Being
Even for a lot of people in the Valley who are more conservative, a lot of them find Trump to be incredibly offensive and a blowhard. Dave McClure
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I think you'll see a lot more people in the Valley get more involved in politics. Dave McClure
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Companies that tend to survive are the rebels. Dave McClure
Tend Survive To Survive Companies Rebels
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