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Full Startup Grind Interview With Dave McClure (500 Startups)

Derek Andersen 2012-08-10T18:47:02+00:00

Last week I interviewed 500-Startups founder, ex-Paypal, ex-Mint, ex-Aslan Computing, and investor of a lot of other things. Last week was a good one for Dave. 500-Startups turned 2-yrs old, one of his investments sold to Google for $350MM, and he had his own birthday (see the very end of the video).

Yet in spite of that Dave maintains a pretty thick layer of humility. My few personal interactions with him and those that work with or around him seem to echo a different take on the person you often see on stage. Deep down the guy is an extremely great marketer who is working very hard to breakout his latest "startup" into a big success.

The interview contains roughly 30 f-bombs, a startup founder in a banana suit who impressively hijacked our interview (28-mins), a cupcake (108-mins), and even unicorns. It's some of the most entertaining and insightful 60-minutes I've had in a long time, watch and learn about Dave and 500-Startups via the video below.

About the Author

Derek Andersen

For the past 15 years Derek has been building communities. He is the co-founder/CEO of Bevy, a SaaS product that helps companies like Salesforce, Atlassian, Google, Snowflake, and Adobe build virtual and in-person communities. Bevy has raised $60M from Accel, Upfront Ventures, and others. He co-founded Startup Grind, a community of 600 Chapters in 125 countries educating, inspiring, and connecting startup people. Since 2012 Startup Grind has hosted 20,000 events. In 2010 he co-founded Commonred which was acquired by Income.com. Derek also previously worked as a product manager at Electronic Arts. He currently lives in Palo Alto CA with his wife and four children.