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Douglas Leone
American Businessman
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I'll say this: I can't think of one instance in my 20 years in venture capital in which I have wanted to sell a company before the entrepreneur. Douglas Leone
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The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive. Douglas Leone
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You meet with a CEO or founder. You talk about sales, engineering, product management and give some ideas or suggestions. And the founder quickly understands that you really can help them both operationally and from a strategic standpoint. Douglas Leone
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We've tried to build Sequoia Capital with an eye for the long term that we really look for in the companies we like to partner with. Douglas Leone
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There's a number of companies clearly that we wish we had invested in either at the early or at the moderate stage. Douglas Leone
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Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out. Douglas Leone
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We look at the number of engineers coming out of India; we look at the growth of the economy, and it's clear that India is a place we want to be. Douglas Leone
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We have co-opted seed funds. You know, Y Combinator, that was completely our money. We have secret handshakes with a whole bunch of people. Very dangerous, because word gets out that so-and-so's money is Sequoia's money, that would not be a good thing. Douglas Leone
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You have to be willing to risk things; otherwise, somebody else will put you out of business. Douglas Leone
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Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen. Douglas Leone
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Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for - not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking. Douglas Leone
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Raise as little as you can to get you to something that you can show - plus maybe a quarter or two so you have a little bit of cushion - and then raise some more money. Raise as little - not as much - as you can because that's the most expensive equity you're going to sell. Douglas Leone
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