Just listening to David McClure recap his recent travel schedule is exhausting. From the start of October through mid-November the 44-year-old venture capitalist addressed entrepreneurs at 14 conferences from Toronto to Nanjing, China. During one stretch he flew from New York to Dublin, where he landed at 6 a.m., gave a speech at 8 a.m. and talked startups with Twitter founder Jack Dorsey at a club until 3:30 a.m.; 36 hours later he was trick-or-treating with his two kids in Palo Alto, Calif. Many investors scour specific arenas looking for big winners. That model hasn't worked so well for many VCs, thanks to a dearth of acquisitions and initial public offerings in recent years.
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