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From User: Rattle

Current Topic: Tech Industry

Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn
Topic: Tech Industry 10:03 pm EDT, Oct 19, 2008

This is a presentation Sequoia Capital gave to all the CEOs of the companies it funds.

What gets me is that this is exactly the same thing they were saying in 2001/2. If this message ever changed from "control costs and get profitable immediately" to "you can use venture capital to build an idea into a business over time" I never got the memo. Clearly the later sort of company has recently appeared on the scene, but just recently, and with a lot of skepticism from those of us who have been around the way. But I guess thats over now. Back to the same old message of "if you actually need venture capital you're not the sort of company investors are looking to fund."

I really think innovation should be less tied to the business cycle...

Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn


As Silicon Valley Reboots, the Geeks Take Charge
Topic: Tech Industry 12:15 pm EST, Oct 27, 2003

Are the good times back in Silicon Valley?

Silicon Valley is rebooting. And this time, the geeks are the ones with the upper hand.

... The marketing plan, business model and sometimes the company itself die, but good technology tends to live on. Think of it as the biz/tech equivalent of the "selfish gene." ... "No one gets too torn up about [failure] in the valley."

"There is a lot of phenomenal intellectual property that has not found its way into the marketplace yet."

As Silicon Valley Reboots, the Geeks Take Charge


 
 
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