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I'm a creep. I'm sorry

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Re: I'm a creep. I'm sorry

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Post by cyberferret »

I don't know the guy aside from what I have read in the press (both good and bad), but I'd like to think he wrote this with genuine sincerity.

Hopefully this is the start of a groundswell trend of traits such as 'accountability' and 'taking responsibility for your actions' becoming fashionable and an expected part of human behaviour again.

Re: I'm a creep. I'm sorry

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Post by ceejayoz »

cyberferret wrote: post #2

I don't know the guy aside from what I have read in the press (both good and bad), but I'd like to think he wrote this with genuine sincerity. Hopefully this is the start of a groundswell trend of traits such as 'accountability' and 'taking responsibility for your actions' becoming fashionable and an expected part of human behaviour again.

Call me cynical, but I suspect all these apology posts are written largely by the poster's PR firm.

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Post by seibelj »

I keep a 100% wall between work and personal life for a reason. Anyone I'm doing business with I see at best as a coworker or business acquaintance, so there is no risk of merging those two realms.

If you are powerful man or woman, you should be aware that people who know who you are treat you differently. This Dave McClure guy actually thought all these women were into him purely because he was some amazing dude and not because he could finance their dreams. What a moron

Re: I'm a creep. I'm sorry

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Post by dsr_ »

ceejayoz wrote: post #5
cyberferret wrote: post #2

I don't know the guy aside from what I have read in the press (both good and bad), but I'd like to think he wrote this with genuine sincerity. Hopefully this is the start of a groundswell trend of traits such as 'accountability' and 'taking responsibility for your actions' becoming fashionable and an expected part of human behaviour again.

Call me cynical, but I suspect all these apology posts are written largely by the poster's PR firm.

I'm okay with that. Actual apologies, ghost-written or not, have been rare in US business until the past year or so.

Apologies aren't the same as reparations, of course, and should be followed up by that.

Re: I'm a creep. I'm sorry

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Post by cylinder »

I've got to wonder, why do coworkers go out for drinks if it's not a social setting? I don't understand the logic of mixing alcohol with colleagues if you're still under the "workplace" umbrella.

Re: I'm a creep. I'm sorry

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Post by rmason »

I was pretty critical on here just yesterday about Dave McClure. I'd never met him in person but felt like his behavior was unlike the guy I felt I knew from his writings and interviews.

This is heads above the apologies from Justin Caldbeck and Sacca though I wished he'd written it months ago, back when the changes at 500 Startups were first made. It's a good start, but only the beginning.

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