Everything Adrian Fenty said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
D.C. school reforms merely executed 15 years of ignored government reports
“We had, I had five reports that had been done over the last 15 years, which mapped out everything that needed to be done to change our school system for the kids who were in it. And the problem wasn't that people didn't know what to be done, is that no one had…”
Fenty: Education reform should fund visionary educators like venture-backed founders
“You know, you look for an amazing entrepreneur who has a great vision for the future. That's the same thing we look for in teachers and principals. If they have a great vision, if they know how to teach kids, let them run with it. You know, let them actually c…”
Fenty: Tech critics of San Francisco must stay and fix its problems
“If you're going to complain about, you know, the, you know, what's going on in San Francisco or California, then you should also be trying to do something about it in any way you can, but don't just complain that San Francisco has too much homelessness or Cali…”
Fenty: D.C. Police Department was using Palantir during his administration
“She said that she used Palantir a lot, and this, I mean, she, I was obviously using it when I was in office too”
Fenty: Government lacks hard performance metrics that politicians actually meet
“And that's what we find missing from government too much is real hard for performance metrics that are actually met by the politicians.”
Fenty forbade 40 D.C. cabinet members from refusing school chancellor requests
“What we've told, Our cabinet, I had 40 cabinet members when I was mayor, was that the only way that they're, that they were not allowed to say no to the chancellor of the school system.”
Silicon Valley represents the biggest business renaissance in world history
“I see it as the biggest renaissance for business, maybe in the history of the world, and that should and will include everybody.”
Fenty: D.C. police chief is incubating public safety startup Mark43
“I know she's incubating a company called Mark 43, which is gonna do some really great software stuff”
Fenty: MaC Venture Capital closed oversubscribed inaugural fund at $110M
“And then this fund, Mac Venture Capital, which we launched in 2019 and closed this year. We were only trying to raise a hundred million. We were oversubscribed and we, our legal close was one 10.”
MaC Venture Capital raised largest first-time fund for majority Black group
“And so our fund was actually the biggest first time fund for a majority African-American group”
Fenty: MaC Venture Capital invested in reusable rocket maker Stoke
“We've actually got a couple of investments now of companies that are disrupting space. You know, really, we've got a company called Stoke, which is actually building reusable rockets that you will be able to use almost every day, just like you use airplanes.”
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