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Season 2, Episode 1 — Sand Hill Shuffle

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Show: Silicon Valley

Episode title: Sand Hill Shuffle

Air date: April 12, 2015

Director: Mike Judge

Top billed cast: Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Amanda Crew

The Pied Piper guys are wined and dined by every venture capitalist under the sun, while Monica adjusts to a new managing partner at Raviga as the company faces major changes.

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Ooh, fuck. Yeah, it doesn't matter.

fuck matter

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Whoa. You okay there, Richard?

richard whoa

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Uh... Yeah, I'm fine.

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Sorry, I can't really throw it any slower.

slower throw

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Give it another cut, Richard.

another richard

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No, I'm fine. I don't want to.

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Maybe someone else wants to. Who's next?

wants

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If someone has to go, I'll go, but it seems very frightening.

frightening seems

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You sure? You got us for the whole hour.

hour whole

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- Anyone? - Would it hurt your feelings if no one went?

feelings hurt

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Ladies and gentlemen,

gentlemen ladies

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welcome to the annual Stern Taylor Fall Classic.

annual classic fall stern taylor welcome

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I'd like to start by making a toast to our very special guest tonight,

guest special special-guest start toast tonight

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Richard Hendricks.

richard

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Richard, after your perfect game at TechCrunch Disrupt a few weeks ago,

game perfect perfect-game richard weeks

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we fell in love with you and your tech.

fell love tech

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Look, we know everyone in the Valley is after you,

valley

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and we know that you're probably going to go with Peter Gregory,

gregory peter

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but we'd love to have you come play on our team.

love team

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Let Stern Taylor Capital Fund in

capital fund stern taylor

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on your Series A financing, because together, Richard,

richard series

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we'd be

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a home run!

home

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{APPLAUSE

applause

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- Oh, fight. - What do you say, Richard?

fight richard

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I'll do what I can.

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All right. Have fun, everybody.

everybody fun

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I don't know, man.

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It's starting to feel weird letting all these firms suck up to us,

letting starting suck weird

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even though we're not gonna take their money.

money

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Richard, Peter Gregory hasn't officially given us the term sheet yet.

given gregory officially peter richard sheet term

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Yes, but he will tomorrow when he gets back.

tomorrow

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If you can't enjoy this many people kissing our ass at this level,

enjoy kissing level

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then I feel sorry for you.

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Would you just relax and take it in for a second?

relax second

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I mean, we are getting our dicks sucked at the AT&T Park.

dicks park sucked

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We're standing on the field of the World Series champions.

champions field series standing world world-series

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It's totally lost on me.

lost

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Yeah, I don't give a shit, either.

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Hey! I'm Nicole Stein.

nicole

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I lead the Growth Team at Stern Taylor.

growth lead stern taylor team

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- Oh. I'm Dinesh. - I'm Gilfoyle.

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I love it. So what do you two do at Pied Piper?

love piper

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I'm the CTO.

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Ah, he's joking. I'm the CTO.

joking

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Fuck you, I'm joking.

fuck joking

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Okay, how could you be the Chief Technology Officer?

chief officer technology

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I get it. You hear the word "chief," and you think "Indian Chief."

chief indian word

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But you're the other kind of Indian.

indian

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Okay. One, fuck you. I'm Pakistani.

fuck

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And two, how could you be CTO of anything?

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You have to be able to organize,

able

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you have to be able to delegate, you have to be...

able

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I delegate you to go get me a fucking beer

beer fucking

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while I talk to Nicole.

nicole

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George Silver, operating partner at Stern Taylor.

george operating partner silver stern taylor

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So, what do you do at Pied Piper?

piper

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He's the CTO.

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That's Drew Houston.

drew houston

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We've been circling each other for the last 20 minutes.

circling minutes

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Ooh!

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The Winklevoss twins.

twins

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Look at them. They're like two genetically enhanced Ken dolls.

dolls genetically

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Do you know how much Bitcoin they're worth?

worth

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Oh, shit, they're splitting up.

splitting

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Cameron's the left dominant one, right?

dominant left

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- I can't tell them apart. - I'm gonna come at him from the right side,

apart side

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try and herd them back together without spooking them.

herd

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Watch this.

watch

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Cameron! Cameron!

cameron

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- Okay. - Well, well, well,

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look who's the big swinging dick.

dick swinging

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Hey, Javeed, everything okay at Goolybib?

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You gotta ask them. They canned me.

canned

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- What? - Yeah.

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Our investors got spooked by a possible down round,

investors possible round

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so they shoved an acquisition down my throat.

acquisition shoved throat

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Yeah, an acquisition of $200 million, right?

acquisition million

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Yeah, they all made out. I had a reverse vest with no triggers,

reverse vest

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then I lost all my shares when they fired me.

fired lost shares

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I blew my whole signing bonus renting that house.

blew bonus house renting signing whole

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I'm looking into suing 'em.

looking suing

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Jeez.

jeez

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Look, all I can say is,

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don't get fucked, all right?

fucked

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You take money from the wrong dudes, and you'll get smoked as bad as I did.

dudes money smoked

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Just be careful.

careful

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Everyone is watching you now.

watching

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Yeah. Totally. I know. Thanks, Javeed.

thanks

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No. I mean, they're watching you right now.

watching

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Yeah.

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Damn it. Where is that camera?

camera

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I can't believe how many gifts we're getting.

believe gifts

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Gifts I'm getting. That Oculus rig is addressed to the CTO.

addressed gifts

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No, I'm the CTO.

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As your superior, I order you to give me that Oculus.

order superior

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You can't make me do stuff. You're not the boss of me.

boss stuff

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- Actually, I am the boss of you. - Okay.

boss

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Richard, tell him I'm CTO.

richard

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No, you already told that fat guy that I'm the CTO.

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Stop, stop, stop. Please stop.

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I have a ton of work to do. You have work to do.

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Maybe let's do the work instead of that.

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Jared, we were supposed to get a term sheet today.

jared sheet supposed term today

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Have we heard from Peter Gregory?

gregory heard peter

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Peter Gregory is dead.

dead gregory peter

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What?

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Holy shit.

holy

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He was the smartest,

smartest

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shrewdest,

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strangest man I've ever known.

known

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I can't believe that he's gone.

believe gone

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Can I ask what happened?

happened

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Yeah. Um...

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He was in the Serengeti on safari...

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- Ah. - ...and he had just gone into his tent

gone tent

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when a hippo wandered into the camp.

camp hippo wandered

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Oh, wow.

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He was attacked by a hippo?

attacked hippo

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No. No.

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I guess the hippo started to charge

charge hippo started

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when the guide grabbed his rifle and shot at it,

grabbed guide rifle shot

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but his aim was off, and...

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And he shot Peter Gregory by accident?

accident gregory peter shot

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- Yeah. - No, he missed...

missed

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But I guess the sound of the gun startled Peter,

peter sound startled

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who ran out of his tent and...

tent

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Ran right into the hippo?

hippo

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No, the hippo was also startled by the noise

hippo noise startled

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and had run off prior to Peter exiting his tent.

peter tent

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So, what happened to Peter?

happened peter

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He hadn't run in a long time,

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maybe ever, and you know, he just...

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That was it.

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- Uh. - Uh.

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That is so very strange.

strange

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- Very sad and tragic. Wow. - Very sad and strange.

strange tragic

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See you.

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Man, that is so weird.

weird

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I mean, one minute Peter Gregory is here, the next, he's just gone.

gone gregory minute peter

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Jared, it's Erlich.

jared

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I need you to set up all the other VC meetings, ASAP.

asap meetings

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Line 'em up nuts to butts.

butts line nuts

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Erlich, what are you doing? Monica just said they're still gonna fund us.

fund

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We should just sit tight.

tight

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Look, I loved Peter Gregory maybe even more than he loved me,

gregory loved peter

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but there's something you need to know here,

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something that Monica isn't exactly volunteering up,

volunteering

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and that's that all of these one-man firms have a key-man clause.

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- Do you know what that means? - No.

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It means that now that Peter Gregory is gone,

gone gregory peter

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all the Raviga investors

investors

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have the contractual right to cash out and walk away,

cash walk

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which means that by the end of the day, there may not be a Raviga.

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- Seriously? - Yes, so we have to prepare for that.

prepare

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Now, I know that it makes me sound like a terrible person,

makes person sound

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but we have a company to run.

company

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And do you know who the first person to agree with me would be?

agree person

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Peter Gregory.

gregory peter

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And that is the very first spot in our new campaign

campaign spot

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heralding the upcoming release of Nucleus

release upcoming

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this January at CES.

january

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- Any questions? - I have a question.

question questions

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That was horrible.

horrible

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I just got humiliated by a fucking teenager at TechCrunch Disrupt,

fucking humiliated teenager

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and you give me this tampon ad?

tampon

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A girl with diabetes on a swing?

diabetes girl swing

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- I think she has cancer. - Yeah.

cancer

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At least that's how I read it.

least read

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I don't care what kind of disease she had!

care disease

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All I care about is that Nucleus is better than Pied Piper.

care piper

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Hendricks just left us all in the dust.

dust left

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If we get this wrong,

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we could blow the business opportunity of a lifetime!

blow business business-opportunity lifetime opportunity

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Data creation is exploding.

creation data exploding

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With all the selfies and useless files people refuse to delete on the cloud,

cloud delete files refuse useless

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92% of the world's data was created in the last two years alone.

alone created data worlds years

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At the current rate,

current rate

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the world's data storage capacity will be overtaken by next spring.

capacity data spring storage worlds

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It will be nothing short of a catastrophe.

catastrophe short

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Data shortages, data rationing, data black markets.

black data markets

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Someone's compression will save the world from data-geddon,

data save someones world

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and it sure as hell better be Nucleus and not goddamn Pied Piper!

goddamn piper

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I don't know about you people,

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but I don't wanna live in a world

live world

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where someone else makes the world a better place better than we do.

makes place world

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"Data-geddon." Is he married to that, or...

data married

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There's just been a lot of "geddons" lately.

lately

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That's true. "Snow-mageddon," "car-mageddon."

snow

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There's that movie Armageddon.

movie

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Laurie, you wanted to see me?

laurie wanted

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Monica, come in, come in. I'm sure you've heard by now

heard

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that I've been named our new managing partner.

managing named partner

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Yes. Congratulations.

congratulations

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Did the limited partners tell you how they made their decision?

decision limited partners

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Oh. They looked at the portfolio performances

looked portfolio

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of each of the senior partners over the last several funds,

funds partners senior several

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and my numbers were, objectively, the most favorable.

numbers

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Therefore, I was selected.

selected therefore

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Yeah, it's just managing partner is all about meeting with people

managing meeting partner

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and interacting with people.

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You can sit down if you want to. Do you want to?

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- Oh... - Or should we stand?

stand

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Uh... I... Whatever...

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- I'm standing... - Okay.

standing

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But you don't have to.

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- Okay. - Would it make you feel awkward to sit?

awkward

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I'm okay to stand.

stand

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- Monica... - Of course.

course

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Peter Gregory is dead.

dead gregory peter

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Yes, I know.

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On a personal note, his death is very sad.

death note personal

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But on a professional level, it's untenable.

level professional

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I've been reviewing his files.

files reviewing

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He was pursuing a number of extremely dubious positions.

extremely number positions

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Are you aware that we own a $30 million ostrich farm in Morocco,

aware farm million ostrich

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or that we are the majority stakeholders

majority

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in three companies that specialize in invisibility?

companies three

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This box is filled with napkins covered with notes detailing Peter's conviction

conviction covered filled napkins notes peters

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that genetically-modified cranberry fungus would become the next cotton.

become cotton cranberry fungus genetically modified

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- That... That one I remember. - Yes.

remember

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- Monica. - Mmm-hmm.

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Peter Gregory is dead.

dead gregory peter

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- Yes. - We need to seem competitive,

competitive

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now more than ever,

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to our investors as well as to the industry at large.

industry investors

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Well, I mean,

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Pied Piper is probably the hottest early investment in town right now,

early hottest investment piper town

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and we have them.

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Do we?

↓

But why then are they speaking to other firms about investing in their Series A?

investing series speaking

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No, no. I just told them to sit tight for a day or two

tight

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until we sorted things out.

sorted

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It seems that that advanced a sense of uncertainty,

advanced seems sense

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and now we're at risk of losing their round.

losing risk round

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This could jeopardize the firm

firm

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and, by extension, your career here, Monica,

career extension

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as an associate partner.

associate partner

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Well, I guess I was just kind of in shock.

shock

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Monica...

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Peter Gregory is dead.

dead gregory peter

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Yes. I know.

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This is great.

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I mean, do you know how many times I've gone into these rooms

gone rooms times

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with nothing but a half of an ass in my hand?

half hand

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We're walking in there with 3-foot cocks covered in Elvis dust.

cocks covered dust elvis foot walking

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- Really? - Richard Hendricks? They're ready for you.

ready richard

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- This is a fucking layup, guys. - Okay, let's do this.

fucking

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Not you, Jared.

jared

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Now, with proper funding,

funding proper

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we should be able to put together a functioning beta in time for CES

able beta

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and compress Nucleus out of the marketplace.

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Yeah.

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I don't know.

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You don't... What?

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It just doesn't seem worked out to me.

worked

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Well, I mean, it was worked out enough to win TechCrunch Disrupt.

worked

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Yes, and congratulations, you won 50 grand,

congratulations grand

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but you're asking us for 200 times that.

asking times

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Richard, look, we all know about your amazing compression rate,

amazing rate richard

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but let's not be naive here.

naive

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You can't expect to just throw money at an algorithm

algorithm expect money throw

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and beat one of the largest tech companies in the world.

beat companies largest tech world

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So why don't you rework this a little

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and come back in with a little more?

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Maybe next week?

week

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And?

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That was really weird.

weird

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I guess we don't have as much Elvis dust on us as I thought.

dust elvis

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You see? This is why I wanted to go with Peter Gregory.

gregory peter wanted

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This is bullshit.

bullshit

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I mean, that guy throws this huge party for us and then acts like he doesn't even want us?

acts huge party throws

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I mean, I fucking hate parties.

fucking fucking-hate hate parties

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And then he says, "Come back next week when you have more."

week

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More? More than 5.2 on Weissman?

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No. No.

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Fuck that guy. Fuck this place. Fuck this whole place.

fuck place whole

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- Watch me fuck this place. - No, wait! Wait, wait!

fuck place watch

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Hey. You remember when you told me to come back when I had more?

remember

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And then I said I would?

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Well, I'm not going to. Ever. This doesn't count. Okay.

count

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I'm covered in dust. I'm a 3-foot dick,

covered dick dust foot

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and I've got half an ass to go to some other company

company half

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who's never gonna put me on a Jumbotron or throw balls at me.

balls throw

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Bye.

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Are you feeling unwell? Do you need protein?

feeling protein

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I don't know what happened.

happened

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Between Peter dying and Raviga maybe being gone, I just...

dying gone peter

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I just wanna get funded and build Pied Piper.

build piper

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I hate this part.

hate part

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Well, if one thing is for sure...

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...if we're gonna get any traction, I need to step up my game.

game step

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It's an email from Ron LaFlamme.

email

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"Just got a term sheet from Stern Taylor.

sheet stern taylor term

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"They offered $5 million at $25 million post-money valuation.

million money offered post

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"More than I thought."

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Shit. They were negging us.

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- Negging? - Negging is going negative.

negative

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It's a manipulative sex strategy used by lonely chauvinists.

lonely strategy used

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See, everybody wants us.

everybody everybody-wants wants

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But, by shitting all over us, they try and bring our price down.

bring price shitting

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But you shitting all over them counteracted their shitting all over us.

shitting

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You negged a neg. Richard, this could be good.

richard

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- Where do we have next? - Ross Loma Capital.

capital ross

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Should I keep doing it? Should I keep negging?

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No, no, I'll handle this.

handle

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If they want to negotiate using hostility and rudeness,

using

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well, they picked the wrong guy.

picked

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Well, you see, our main concern

concern main

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is how you're going to achieve escape velocity on your growth rate.

achieve escape growth rate velocity

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If critical mass...

critical mass

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I'm sorry. What's funny?

funny

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It's just that painting behind you.

behind painting

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It's awful.

awful

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It looks like harlequin Kama-sutra done poorly.

poorly

↓

So, I agree,

agree

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bad culture fit.

culture

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I think we all just move on.

↓

Look, I didn't say anything about a culture fit.

culture

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No, I did.

↓

Okay. Well,

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thank you for meeting with us.

meeting

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We have a bunch of these things to go to,

bunch

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hopefully with more tasteful artwork.

hopefully tasteful

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And your logo looks like a sideways vagina.

sideways vagina

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I find that to be racist, don't you?

racist

↓

Okay, here's my concern...

concern

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Here's my concern. Who the hell picked out that shirt for you?

concern picked shirt

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What?

↓

Oh, I see. With the pants.

pants

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So I guess it's a whole thing.

whole

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My wife picked these out.

picked wife

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Then you married poorly.

married poorly

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Do you care about Pied Piper?

care piper

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Do I care about Pied Piper? Well, of course.

care course piper

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Cause if you do, I'm not seeing it.

seeing

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In fact, what I think I'm seeing is the human equivalent of a flaccid penis.

fact flaccid human penis seeing

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"Flak-Sid." It's actually pronounced "flak-Sid."

pronounced

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Not a lot of people know that.

↓

Well, we are definitely interested,

interested

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but I think we need to...

↓

I'm sorry. ls something wrong?

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No, this is all wrong.

↓

I am sensing a general lack of vision.

general lack sensing vision

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Your muffins smell like shit.

muffins smell

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So do your ideas.

ideas

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One of you is the least attractive person I've ever seen,

attractive least person seen

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and I'm not gonna say who.

↓

Should we leave or should you?

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We just got offered eight at 40.

eight offered

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We're five for five, gentlemen.

five gentlemen

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And Galveston Capital Fund and Yountville Ventures called.

called capital fund

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They want to move their meetings up before everyone else.

meetings

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Hey, let me try. I want to be rude at this next one.

rude

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Go for it.

↓

So, with some proper funding,

funding proper

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we should be able to get a functioning beta in time for CES.

able beta

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And if you don't fund us,

fund

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you're a fucking slut.

fucking slut

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Oh...

↓

What's that smell? Is that a fart?

fart smell

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Are you a farter?

↓

Now, can I have a pastry? Or are you guys gonna eat 'em all?

pastry

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'Cause you're gonna get fat.

↓

It's not your fault, Richard. This is just something that can't be taught,

fault richard taught

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so leave the next one to me. I can feel a big one coming on.

coming

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What are you gonna do?

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I'm not sure yet, but give me room.

room

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There's something inside of me that has to come out,

↓

and who am I to stop it?

↓

His balls?

balls

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He put his balls on the table?

balls table

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- Right on the table. - On purpose?

purpose table

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I don't see how it could be by accident.

accident

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Richard, I just got an email from the guys at Midland-Oak.

email richard

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Apparently, there is a line, and I crossed it...

apparently crossed line

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The line between $12 and $15 million!

line million

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Ba-bam!

↓

Midland-Oak's offer just came in.

offer

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Gentlemen, we are valued at 75 million, fully diluted.

fully gentlemen million

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Are you shitting me?

shitting

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Take a look at these term sheets.

sheets term

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There is a linear correlation

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between how intolerable I was...

↓

...and the height of valuation.

height

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Hey, YOU guys. Um...

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This is Laurie Bream, the new managing partner at Raviga.

laurie managing partner

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Oh, uh... Hi. I'm Richard Hendricks.

richard

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Yes. I recognize you from your photograph.

photograph recognize

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- It's very nice to meet you in person. - Yeah.

meet person

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Okay, so we did that.

↓

Gentlemen, I am aware of the degree of interest

aware degree gentlemen interest

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you are receiving from other firms.

receiving

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I am aware that participation in your Series A will require a very competitive offer,

aware competitive offer require series

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but for numerous reasons, I believe it to be the prudent decision.

believe decision numerous reasons

↓

Now I am presenting you with this.

presenting

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$20 million at $100 million valuation?

million

↓

I don't... Uh...

↓

This is way more than any other offer.

offer

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Correct.

correct

↓

That is very much intentional.

intentional

↓

So, I believe that satisfies your requirements?

believe

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Monica will arrange a time to formalize the details.

arrange details

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Thank you. Have a good day.

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Uh, thank you.

↓

Yes.

↓

Congratulations, guys. I am so glad...

congratulations glad

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Oh, shit! She's my ride home. I'll call you, Richard.

home richard ride ride-home

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Uh, yeah, okay.

↓

- Thanks for stopping... - Wait! Laurie, hold on!

laurie stopping thanks

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Guys, I think we're funded.

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- Yes! Richie! - Yeah!

richie

↓

So, I push my dick to the side, unbutton the bottom two buttons and...

bottom buttons dick push side

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Barn!

barn

↓

Ah!

↓

- What are you doing? - Shit. Sorry, sorry. Sorry.

↓

Meet me on the side of the house.

house meet side

↓

- I... Okay. - Okay. Okay. Go.

↓

- Hey. - Hey, what's up?

↓

If anyone finds out that I came back here, I will get fired, okay?

finds fired

↓

Okay.

↓

- Don't take this deal. - What?

deal

↓

You are worth half that at best.

best half worth

↓

Oh, wow. Thanks for the compliment.

compliment thanks

↓

No. The credit to you guys. You negotiated your asses off,

asses credit

↓

but this is a classic runaway valuation.

classic runaway

↓

What's wrong with that?

↓

Pied Piper will be tied to this crazy valuation that you will never be able to live up to.

able crazy live piper tied

↓

If you don't keep increasing in value in the next round,

increasing round value

↓

if you have a down round, you are fucked.

fucked round

↓

It is the kiss of death for a young CEO.

death kiss young

↓

You want to start with a realistic valuation and grow at a reasonable pace.

grow pace realistic reasonable start

↓

Okay, well, if it's such a shitty deal, then why did your boss offer it to us?

boss deal offer shitty

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Because she's competitive as hell.

competitive

↓

She needs Pied Piper to keep Raviga afloat, Richard.

needs piper richard

↓

- Okay. - Look, I respect Laurie,

laurie respect

↓

but this is the exact type of thing Peter never did.

exact peter type

↓

Richard, come on. I own shares in Pied Piper.

piper richard shares

↓

If this high evaluation was good in the long-term,

evaluation term

↓

would I be standing here, risking my job?

standing

↓

Don't take our offer.

offer

↓

Maybe go with the lowest offer you got.

lowest offer

↓

Even that might be too high.

might

↓

Again, thank you for the compliment.

compliment

↓

Also, I didn't see anything in there.

↓

No. Yeah, thank you.

↓

I was gonna say if you had, you'd have to show me yours, too.

↓

Um...

↓

- Okay. - Okay. Thanks for the...

thanks

↓

Okay.

↓

Yeah, sorry about that party.

party

↓

I was in kind of a bad way that night.

night

↓

And truth is, I'm actually doing okay.

truth

↓

- Good. That's great. - Yeah.

↓

I mean, I could run the scenarios about what happened all I want,

happened scenarios

↓

but I finally just realized there's just nothing I can do, you know?

finally realized

↓

Yeah.

↓

So, I'm at peace with it all.

peace

↓

I was thinking, actually, um,

thinking

↓

what if you had asked for less?

asked less

↓

What?

↓

Well, what if you could've gone to someone

couldve gone

↓

and asked for less than what they offered that first round?

asked less offered round

↓

Like, you mean, negotiating them down?

↓

- Yeah. - Can you even do that?

↓

- Well, yeah. I mean, why not? - Yeah, but...

↓

I mean, I guess, technically, I could have.

technically

↓

Mmm...

↓

Huh.

↓

Yeah, I suppose you could argue that it might've been easier

argue easier mightve suppose

↓

to hit more realistic benchmarks

realistic

↓

and reach cash flow break-even.

break cash flow reach

↓

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

↓

And then, we wouldn't have faced that down round.

faced round

↓

And...

↓

We wouldn't have had to settle for acquisition.

acquisition settle

↓

All that money

money

↓

fucked me.

fucked

↓

Wow. I mean, I don't know about...

↓

- Shit! - Maybe.

↓

- Look... Hey... - No, no, no. We could've done a legit Series B.

couldve legit series

↓

Right? I'd still be CEO.

↓

I'd have my job,

↓

my kick-ass house.

house kick

↓

I'd probably still have my girlfriend...

girlfriend

↓

- Fuck! - Okay.

fuck

↓

Why the fuck didn't anyone tell me I could take less?

fuck less

↓

I don't know. I don't know.

↓

Ideas come up and then...

ideas

↓

Fuck!

fuck

↓

I'll take a cab, so I'll leave you to it.

↓

Thanks for meeting me here.

meeting thanks

↓

Fuck!

fuck

↓

Richard.

richard

↓

Richard, I'm Laurie Bream. I was inside your home yesterday.

home laurie richard yesterday

↓

Have you made a decision regarding our proposal?

decision proposal regarding

↓

Yeah, yeah, we'll go with you guys, but we need to renegotiate the terms.

terms

↓

I'm afraid that's untenable. We're offering as much money as we can.

afraid money offering

↓

Uh, no, no, we wanna go lower. We want less... A lot less, actually.

less lower

↓

We'll go with Raviga

↓

if you guys do $10 million at a $50 million valuation,

million

↓

not 20 at 100.

↓

I think this is more reasonable,

reasonable

↓

and it's my final offer. Take it or leave it.

final offer

↓

I was not anticipating this,

anticipating

↓

but I think it will be workable from our end.

↓

And one more thing, Monica votes for Raviga's board seat.

board seat votes

↓

Certainly that seems unimportant.

certainly seems unimportant

↓

I will telephone your lawyer tomorrow, and we can speak about the relevant details.

details lawyer relevant speak telephone tomorrow

↓

Good.

↓

Peter was one of the few who genuinely took action

action genuinely peter

↓

to use technology to help humanity thrive.

humanity technology thrive

↓

But how exactly can we quantify

↓

another human's contributions to mankind?

another humans mankind

↓

Let's break it down into its three component elements.

break component elements three

↓

I met Peter when he was thinking about investing in my company, Zettasphere,

company investing peter thinking

↓

although I think he was hesitant

↓

after his disappointing initial return from Snapchat.

disappointing initial return

↓

He came on board, anyway, and every month we would meet.

board meet month

↓

Peter was always an honest man,

honest peter

↓

and I know that if Peter were here with us today,

peter today

↓

he would say that he was not disappointed in Snapchat.

disappointed

↓

And he would forgive you, Lev, for your misunderstanding.

forgive misunderstanding

↓

That's just the kind of guy that Peter was,

peter

↓

warm, generous,

generous warm

↓

and not disappointed in Snapchat.

disappointed

↓

I'll never forget the first time I met Peter.

forget peter

↓

It was in his mom's garage, where we started our first business together

business garage moms started

↓

manufacturing VGA graphics cards for IBM clones.

cards

↓

We never looked back.

looked

↓

And you know, the last time I saw him,

↓

it was at a restaurant, not a half-mile away from that same garage.

garage half mile restaurant

↓

We talked, as old friends do,

friends talked

↓

he asked me about Jackson Hole,

asked hole jackson

↓

I asked him about Pilates.

asked

↓

And yet, something was wrong.

↓

Underneath it all, there was an unmistakable tension.

tension underneath

↓

A tension I will forever regret.

forever regret tension

↓

It's no secret Peter and I had our differences.

differences peter secret

↓

We let business get between us.

business

↓

NOW?

↓

Now I wish I could say I'm sorry for that.

wish

↓

Now it's too late. He's gone.

gone late

↓

And it makes me realize the importance of forgiveness,

forgiveness importance makes realize

↓

of doing things with love and compassion in your heart,

compassion heart love

↓

and not vengeance and competition.

competition vengeance

↓

I mean, we owe that to each other, don't we?

↓

And to him?

↓

After all, this valley is the place Peter himself helped build.

build helped peter place valley

↓

Where we come together as dreamers,

↓

all of us,

↓

to truly make the world a better place.

place truly world

↓

This is Florence during the Renaissance.

florence renaissance

↓

This is Camelot.

camelot

↓

This is the place Peter himself called "the cradle of innovation."

called cradle innovation peter place

↓

I will miss my friend.

friend miss

↓

Bye, Pete.

pete

↓

Maybe he is a human, after all.

human

↓

I'm sorry.

↓

It's from Ron LaFlamme.

↓

"Gavin Belson is suing you.

suing

↓

"Filed claims today that you stole Pied Piper from Hooli."

claims filed piper stole today

↓

Shit.

↓

Gavin Belson is suing us.

suing