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" I bet on a lot of stuff that's low-priced, and most of it's going to go back down to zero. But some of it's going to go up. "

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" I want to invest in a functional product that people are using. "

" Companies that tend to survive are the rebels. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Everybody in the industry thinks I'm the crazy person. "

" Entrepreneurship is usually about people executing in the face of other folks telling them that it's not going to work. "

" We have to support the well-being of society. "

" 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. "

" I must say I have turned down several great companies, so I'd probably say I have to keep learning. "

" I did pick Lyft, but Lyft didn't seem amazing. "

" We are trying to build large, lasting businesses. "

" I think you'll see a lot more people in the Valley get more involved in politics. "

" I actually find it's more interesting to play in the niches and find ways to apply technology to relatively straightforward problems. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Offline, anything is expensive. Online is much cheaper, usually, to do almost anything. "

" The reason we invest globally is because we think that's where a lot of the growth is happening: around the world. "

" I won't say that 'shotgun' is the word I'd prefer to use, but we certainly do a lot of investments. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We think that there's a lot of opportunities in helping improve finding food, delivering food, ordering systems, notifications system, and its a very frequent purchase item for a lot of people. "

" Most of what we do is software, Internet, and mobile. A fair amount of that is transactional. "

" 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. "

" My personal failures aside, 500 has long supported a diverse community of entrepreneurs including women, minorities, LGTBQ, international, and other overlooked founders. "

" I'm ashamed I didn't change my behavior until I was forced to do so by circumstance and by others. The reality is, I was stopped from further bad actions by those who spoke up about my offenses, at substantial risk to their personal and professional reputations... and subsequently, by Christine and others on the 500 team. "

" There's this myopia among American venture capitalists to not go anywhere beyond Silicon Valley and New York. "

" There's been entrepreneurs working in the Valley for probably 50-60 years. It's not to say that you can't create that in other places, but I think people are a little bit impatient about creating the next Silicon Valley. "

" 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. "

" I'm better than probably 90 percent of the people out there. Doesn't mean I'm smart; probably means I'm lucky. "

" The earlier you invest, the higher that attrition rate is because it's compounded. We have a more scientific method of investment. "