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Re:McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual m... by ajmurmann on Friday June 30, 2017 @10:20PM (#14674971)
I think this is much more serious that you are making it sound if I'm reading your post correctly. As a potential investor you are in a position of power. Depending how things are going it might be a very serious power imbalance. The person seeking funding might feel very compelled to in essence prostitute themselves.
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Re:McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual m... by thanksgiving on Saturday July 01, 2017 @05:59AM (#14676335)
Absolutely. I'm not saying nothing happened. I'm not defending him at all. I'm just saying the word "sexual" is counter productive.

Harassment is harassment. It is not the fact that something is sexual in nature that bothers me. It is the fact that someone abused their position of authority.

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