Dear Silicon Valley VCs, your trite ***ism apology blogs of self-regard are **t e**ug

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Dear Silicon Valley VCs, your trite ***ism apology blogs of self-regard are **t e**ugh
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Venture capitalist Dave McClure is done. This one's important. VCs come and go all the time, but McClure is out at 500 Startups, the Mountain View, California-based venture fund and startup accelerator he helped cofound in 2010.*

Seven someodd years later, and McClure's finished there. There was ** posh gig elsewhere. His ouster wasn't a performance-based result, either. As reported by the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/tech**logy/women-entrepreneurs-speak-out-***ual-harassment.html), McClure's on the skids because he allegedly ***ually assaulted at least one woman and harassed multiple others, per testimonies from the women.*

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