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" I did pick Lyft, but Lyft didn't seem amazing. "
Dave McClure
Did
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" I won't say that 'shotgun' is the word I'd prefer to use, but we certainly do a lot of investments. "
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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. "
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" The reason we invest globally is because we think that's where a lot of the growth is happening: around the world. "
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You
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" I must say I have turned down several great companies, so I'd probably say I have to keep learning. "
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Learning
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Power
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" My personal failures aside, 500 has long supported a diverse community of entrepreneurs including women, minorities, LGTBQ, international, and other overlooked founders. "
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Risk
Sometimes
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" Entrepreneurship is usually about people executing in the face of other folks telling them that it's not going to work. "
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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. "
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People
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Trying
Lasting
Large
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Bad
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