McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation
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Re: McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation
#2The one person that I would have never suspected is Dave McClure. Here's a guy who didn't fit the investment world and he was smart and hustled his way in.
He started 500 startups with a female co-founder and said he chose her because she was smarter. He saw an opening for himself and talked about playing Moneyball for venture capital. He spoke often in interviews about chasing investments among founders who didn't fit the profile but were eminently backable and that included women. He blogged publicly about his insecurities and campaigned for diversity.
https://500hats.com/commitment-to-diversity-d8a4ac8b1c12
Guess it proves you can't really know a person through their writings and interviews. He was someone that I admired and I'm more than a little disappointed.
Re: McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation
#3The one person that I would have never suspected is Dave McClure. Here's a guy who didn't fit the investment world and he was smart and hustled his way in. He started 500 startups with a female co-founder and said he chose her because she was smarter. He saw an opening for himself and talked about playing Moneyball for venture capital. He spoke often in interviews about chasing investments among founders who didn't f…
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Re: McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation
#4The one person that I would have never suspected is Dave McClure. Here's a guy who didn't fit the investment world and he was smart and hustled his way in. He started 500 startups with a female co-founder and said he chose her because she was smarter. He saw an opening for himself and talked about playing Moneyball for venture capital. He spoke often in interviews about chasing investments among founders who didn't f…
Yes, after all these years of looking up to him, how quickly you turn your back. Does he not deserve the benefit of your doubt?
Re: McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation
#5Very disappointing. As a 500 alum I would never have expected this, as the environment was very professional and there were a lot of powerful women in leadership positions. In fact if memory serves, at least at mountain view, the women were more numerous than the men.
Kudos to Christine for being transparent, as expected.
Re: McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation
#6The one person that I would have never suspected is Dave McClure. Here's a guy who didn't fit the investment world and he was smart and hustled his way in. He started 500 startups with a female co-founder and said he chose her because she was smarter. He saw an opening for himself and talked about playing Moneyball for venture capital. He spoke often in interviews about chasing investments among founders who didn't f…
Yes, after all these years of looking up to him, how quickly you turn your back. Does he not deserve the benefit of your doubt?
Did you not read the article?
Re: McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation
#7The one person that I would have never suspected is Dave McClure. Here's a guy who didn't fit the investment world and he was smart and hustled his way in. He started 500 startups with a female co-founder and said he chose her because she was smarter. He saw an opening for himself and talked about playing Moneyball for venture capital. He spoke often in interviews about chasing investments among founders who didn't f…
Yes, after all these years of looking up to him, how quickly you turn your back. Does he not deserve the benefit of your doubt?
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Re: McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, after all these years of looking up to him, how quickly you turn your back. Does he not deserve the benefit of your doubt?
Did you not read the article?
I read the article. Really hard to figure out what he did or how bad it was. Did he cat call a woman who just wasn't interested, or did he lock a woman in an office and forcibly rape her? Article doesn't say one way or another.
Re: McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation
#9The one person that I would have never suspected is Dave McClure. Here's a guy who didn't fit the investment world and he was smart and hustled his way in. He started 500 startups with a female co-founder and said he chose her because she was smarter. He saw an opening for himself and talked about playing Moneyball for venture capital. He spoke often in interviews about chasing investments among founders who didn't f…
> hustled his way in.
> hus·tler - an aggressively enterprising person; a go-getter.
I think that tells it all right there. Is it not strange that the word hustle is used so pervasively in SV-tech communities?
Re: McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, after all these years of looking up to him, how quickly you turn your back. Does he not deserve the benefit of your doubt?
Did you not read the article?
Yes I did. Investigations within private companies aren't the most forensic of affaires. There is always more going on than the story.