Valleywag
John Doerr's emotional presentation at the TED conference has put climate change on Silicon Valley's agenda, pushed Silicon Valley giants such as Apple to become green, and given moral force to the opportunistic enthusiasm of investors for clean tech startup ideas. We could discuss these issues, and show the Kleiner Perkins partner's full 20-minute presentation. But we won't. Instead here's the clip you want to see, the point at the end of his talk when the legendary investor — wondering whether he'll be able to face his daughter with a clean conscience in twenty years — chokes up. The clip, after the jump.
A giant cries
John Doerr's emotional presentation at the TED conference has put climate change on Silicon Valley's agenda, pushed Silicon Valley giants such as Apple to become green, and given moral force to the opportunistic enthusiasm of investors for clean tech startup ideas. We could discuss these issues, and show the Kleiner Perkins partner's full 20-minute presentation. But we won't. Instead here's the clip you want to see, the point at the end of his talk when the legendary investor — wondering whether he'll be able to face his daughter with a clean conscience in twenty years — chokes up. The clip, after the jump.
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2:29 PM on Fri Jun 1 2007
By Nick Denton
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He's probably just sad that his Segway investment never paid off.
A Giant Crybaby
A clean conscience? He should be more worried that in 20 years his daughter will be ashamed of his shallow antics, instead of WEEPING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE THAT IS WHOLLY DETERMINED BY THAT GIGANTIC NUCLEAR FIREBALL IN THE SKY CALLED THE S.U.N. !
His clean conscience? No doubt there will magically appear something the whole world needs to clean up all of our consciences - and KP will have been in on the A-Round.
Here's another inconvenient truth:
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