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does he not have an extra 2-3 minutes to capitalize and think out more coherent analogies? The same way, I fail to realize how people don't understand that he
by zaidf 16y ago
does he not have an extra 2-3 minutes to capitalize and think out more coherent analogies?
The same way, I fail to realize how people don't understand that he writes in that style not because he lacks a few extra minutes but because that is a style and persona he's built over time.
- evgen 16y agoHow is it that someone as sharp as McClure and his posse claim him to be cannot realize that no matter how well-crafted the the persona may be, if it personifies douchebag then maybe you need to dial it back a bit.
- zaidf 16y agoif it personifies douchebag It may personify douchebag to you and 82,482 other irrelevant strangers on the internet. More important, though, is what it personifies to the entrepreneurs looking to raise money. What you see as douche, many see as no-bs straightalking angel investor(whether accurate or not is irrelavant). At the end of the day, his blog is a sales pitch to entrepreneurs. And from all that I can see, he has done pretty well. ie. he's scored many deals where the entrepreneurs see him as the no-bs guy; I'm not aware of any where an entrepreneur blatantly turned him down due to his writing style. Most that claim they would never raise money from him have never raised money and never will. Conclusion: it's his style, it works for him and his goals, so he continues.
- Devilboy 16y ago'Asshole' is not a style
- zaidf 16y agoDon't listen to rap, then. Stick with pop.
- nocman 16y agoYou make it sound like pop is the only alternative to rap. I happen to like some of both (along with a lot of other styles of music), but am not interested in the rants of people who are acting like jerks from either musical style. Dave McClure is free to write with the tone of a jerk all he wants. I don't know anything about him other than the post in question, but regardless of whether that's just his "style", I certainly wouldn't want to do business of any serious kind with him if it could possibly be avoided.
- invisible 16y agoThere is a difference between "being real" and "being an idiot." I don't want to have an idiot involved in my company, so acting like one on your blog seems dumb. http://www.snoopdogg.com/news/ http://www.snoopdogg.com/news/ http://www.trapmuzik.com/news/ http://www.trapmuzik.com/news/ http://www.outkast.com/news http://www.outkast.com/news
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- pjscott 16y agoI read his style as "wide-eyed guy staring at you and monologuing intensely, with a somewhat unhinged demeanor and odd vocal inflections." The erratic capitalization contributes a lot to that.
- eds 16y agoIn my book, that makes it even worse. I can at least have sympathy for people who write and talk that way because they've never known anything else.
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