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Eoghan McCabe

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

Vance did an outstanding job. I think he was like, he did a good job of being calm, collected, smart, empathetic, thoughtful, communicator.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

Vance did an outstanding job. I think he was like, he did a good job of being calm, collected, smart, empathetic, thoughtful, communicator.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

Vance did an outstanding job. I think he was like, he did a good job of being calm, collected, smart, empathetic, thoughtful, communicator.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

It's true. You know, when I left Intercom, I left chiefly because I was sick, also because revenue started to slow, also because I was attacked in the press, and I was spiritually crushed, physically crushed, psychologically crushed. That process... What did you tell yourself when you had all of that shit happening? Not good things. Versions of like, am I a fucking loser? Like I fucked up.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

It's true. You know, when I left Intercom, I left chiefly because I was sick, also because revenue started to slow, also because I was attacked in the press, and I was spiritually crushed, physically crushed, psychologically crushed. That process... What did you tell yourself when you had all of that shit happening? Not good things. Versions of like, am I a fucking loser? Like I fucked up.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

It's true. You know, when I left Intercom, I left chiefly because I was sick, also because revenue started to slow, also because I was attacked in the press, and I was spiritually crushed, physically crushed, psychologically crushed. That process... What did you tell yourself when you had all of that shit happening? Not good things. Versions of like, am I a fucking loser? Like I fucked up.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

And in doing so, when you go through a process like that, your ego is eviscerated. Your identity as whatever perfect little image that your ego wanted to create for yourself is by necessity burned. And so when you go through these processes, but then manage to survive it, what comes out the other side is a far more authentic person.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

And in doing so, when you go through a process like that, your ego is eviscerated. Your identity as whatever perfect little image that your ego wanted to create for yourself is by necessity burned. And so when you go through these processes, but then manage to survive it, what comes out the other side is a far more authentic person.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

And in doing so, when you go through a process like that, your ego is eviscerated. Your identity as whatever perfect little image that your ego wanted to create for yourself is by necessity burned. And so when you go through these processes, but then manage to survive it, what comes out the other side is a far more authentic person.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

All these ideas of perfection can't possibly be held to be true anymore because they've been proven otherwise. So when I came back to Intercom, yeah, I felt so much more myself.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

All these ideas of perfection can't possibly be held to be true anymore because they've been proven otherwise. So when I came back to Intercom, yeah, I felt so much more myself.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

All these ideas of perfection can't possibly be held to be true anymore because they've been proven otherwise. So when I came back to Intercom, yeah, I felt so much more myself.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

That's just helped me speak my mind, be authentic and real with people, create and curate the culture and environment that I believe will be successful and do so making no apologies and being okay with people being upset by it.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

That's just helped me speak my mind, be authentic and real with people, create and curate the culture and environment that I believe will be successful and do so making no apologies and being okay with people being upset by it.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

That's just helped me speak my mind, be authentic and real with people, create and curate the culture and environment that I believe will be successful and do so making no apologies and being okay with people being upset by it.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

I have a lot to prove still. I'm still just a boy who was bullied in school and is trying to find love and validation. You know, tends to be the case for all founders. I've never met a founder that's really well balanced. You can't possibly imagine someone who is grounded and centered, part of a loving community, deeply at one with the universe, who then says,

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

I have a lot to prove still. I'm still just a boy who was bullied in school and is trying to find love and validation. You know, tends to be the case for all founders. I've never met a founder that's really well balanced. You can't possibly imagine someone who is grounded and centered, part of a loving community, deeply at one with the universe, who then says,

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

I have a lot to prove still. I'm still just a boy who was bullied in school and is trying to find love and validation. You know, tends to be the case for all founders. I've never met a founder that's really well balanced. You can't possibly imagine someone who is grounded and centered, part of a loving community, deeply at one with the universe, who then says,

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

I think I'll start a technology company. That doesn't exactly happen. Most people that start companies, they have so much to prove, big chips in their shoulder. To get to your question, if there's anything I'm ashamed of, it's that. I'm still trying to prove myself. That's what tends to give us our edge and that's what creates artists.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

I think I'll start a technology company. That doesn't exactly happen. Most people that start companies, they have so much to prove, big chips in their shoulder. To get to your question, if there's anything I'm ashamed of, it's that. I'm still trying to prove myself. That's what tends to give us our edge and that's what creates artists.