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" 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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" I don't think there's nearly enough interesting ways to do education online, particularly for younger children. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's a mathematical way to get success. "

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

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

" Usually, what I recommend to entrepreneurs is to focus on telling the problem first, about the customer or the person who has that problem. "

" Everyone has a different definition of risk. Sometimes that creates opportunities as well. "

" 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. "

" Most firms do two investments a year. They may talk to between 50 and 100 and do a couple, whereas we're talking to thousands and doing several hundred. "

" There were never as many big businesses as people were piling money into in the late 90's or early 2000's. This is really a lesson to institutional investors about how much capital the market can absorb, and it's a 10-year adjustment cycle, and we're only beginning to wake up to that. "

" 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. "

" I don't know if we're doing the optimal things that we can to try and connect different people on the planet with different points of view and not be so angry at each other. "

" 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. "

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

" My role has been limited to focus on fiduciary obligations to our investors as a general partner of our funds. "

" Companies that tend to survive are the rebels. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "