In the wake of the stunning presidential election that has brought Donald Trumpto the White House, Silicon Valley is rattled. “Heartbroken,” Slack C.E.O. Stewart Butterfield said. Sherpa Ventures managing partner Shervin Pishevarsuggested that California secede. And onstage at a technology conference in Lisbon, Portugal, thousands of miles away from Trump Tower, Dave McClure, the founder of Silicon Valley start-up accelerator and seed fund 500 Startups, had a complete Trump-induced meltdown. “If you're not fucking pissed right now, what is wrong with you?” he said. “What is fucking wrong with you if you’re not pissed right now?”
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