Dave McClure is leaving PayPal after 3 years of service. He contributed greatly to the company's culture and championed many projects. He will be missed for 10 reasons: he was integral to the Patrick and Dave Network, an avid player of Ultimate Frisbee and other games, asked insightful questions at meetings, generated business through advertising campaigns, sent prolific emails, provided valuable product rants and feedback, knew how to have fun with outrageous outfits and antics, was their favorite unpredictable poker player, and had an obsession with Tokyo Bananas. PayPal will not be the same without Dave.

1. Dave McClure Roast
Top 10 Reasons We Will Miss DMC
FOD (Friends of Dave)
October 8, 2004
 ......My Musicsong.mp3

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Executive Summary
 After ~3 years of wacky,
brilliant, and empassioned
service, Dave McClure is
leaving PayPal today
 Dave has contributed so much
to PayPal, and is a cultural
leader. It’s hard to imagine
life without him.
 There are so many reasons we
will miss Dave, but due to
resource constraints we only
have time for 10
Dave, why the short face?

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10. Dave put the “D” in PDN
 What would the Patrick and Dave Network be
without Dave? (don’t say PN)
 Dave joined as a Geek Marketer and launched the
PDN site in December 2001
 He has championed such projects as the Outlook
Payment Wizard, PayPal Connect, Flash demos, and
the PayPal Hacks book
Dave, our fearless PP Connect leader.

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9. If there’s a game, there’s a Dave
 Dave is the Ultimate Frisbee
team mascot… uh, I mean
MVP
 Anonymous quote #1: “He’s
fantastic at ultimate frisbee.”
 He is also passionate about
soccer
 Anonymous quote #2: “He
and Yu Pan perfected the
kamikaze style… I think many
lives will be saved without
Dave on the field.”
 He was a fierce competitor in
Scrabble (see Exhibit A)
 With Dave gone, who will
defend us from Rachel in
Boggle?
Exhibit A. Dave does not like to lose at Scrabble.

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8. Who will ask questions at the company meeting?
 Company meeting #1: “What is our Japan strategy?”
 Company meeting #2: “Why aren’t we localizing for Japan?”
 Company meeting #3: “When will we have a Spanish language site?”
 Company meeting #4: “Any updates on Japan?”
 Company meeting #5: “Yo no preguntara por Japon, sino cuando
nosotros lanzaron en la India?”
[“I won’t ask about Japan… but when will we launch in India?”]

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7. Dave will protect Total Recall from an audit
 He is the best darn AdWords lead-
generator in town
 Favorite DMC ad during hurricane season:
“Our Arnold shirts will blow you away”
Happy Omaha
customers

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6. Our Inboxes will be lonely
 From the profound to the profane, Dave is a prolific emailer
 He seems to read at least 17 websites/newsletters, and send 15
email synopses, per minute
 He is also expert at the use of colored fonts in emails
… to the trash-talk.From the business like…

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5. PayPal owes a lot to his rants
 Anonymous quote: “Dave has made a huge contribution. While he is famous
for excessive ranting, his rants are usually right such as his pressing for
WAX, fixing IPN, MRB, simple storefront, and the list goes on :-)”
Dave, ever gracious, thanks the team for MRB
WAX
Developer Boards
WAX Int’l
Puerto Rico
A/B Testing
MRB
Continue Shopping Button
in AOL
Rate Calculator
Call to Action
Highlighting
RSS Feeds

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4. Dave knows how to have fun
 Anonymous quote: “Who can forget the times we had in New
Orleans? Here we are at a posh Cajun barbecue place, and ‘Play
That Funky Music, White Boy’ blares onto the radio. Without
hesitation, Dave jumps onto his chair and shakes his groove
thang, complete with a vocal rendition.”
Dave drives to the bottom of thingsDave and Alan at a Ferris Wheel

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3. Dave sure has some crazy outfits
T-shirt
designer
extraordinaire
The muscle tee, a favorite
Dave’s infamous scary clown
Raise your hand if you’re sure, Santa

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2. Dave is our favorite poker player
Poker Night
$111.00
$70.00
($68.00)
($113.00)
$(150)
$(100)
$(50)
$-
$50
$100
$150
Aman Brian Katherine Dave
Winnings(Losses)
 Anonymous quote #1: “We are all
losers, but especially Dave.”
• Anonymous quote #2: “Dave is one of the loosest players
I’ve ever played with. He plays a lot of creative hands and
usually manages to make a lot of things happen.”

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1. Two words: Tokyo Banana
It’s a Japanese
Twinkie!

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In conclusion
 To know Dave is to love Dave. PayPal will never be the same.