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Doug Leone Quotes
16 quotes from Doug Leone — Former managing partner of Sequoia Capital, one of the world's most successful VC firms (Apple, Google, Airbnb, WhatsAp….
“Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for – not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking.”
“In a downturn, aggressive PR and communications strategy is key.”
“Be incredibly, ruthlessly selfish with your equity.”
“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.”
“Some of the greatest companies got created during times like this, whether it was Cisco, whether it was PayPal and Google, whether it was Stripe and Square.”
“Great companies often emerge in tough times, and easy money can be bad for founders.”
“What we have right now is a bit of a shitshow.”
“Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen.”
“Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for –not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking.”
“In a downturn, aggressive PR and communications strategy is key.”
“Be incredibly, ruthlessly selfish with your equity.”
“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.”
“Some of the greatest companies got created during times like this, whether it was Cisco, whether it was PayPal and Google, whether it was Stripe and Square.”
“What we have right now is a bit of a shitshow. There's companies with $500 million in the bank, $1 billion in the bank, with maybe an $80 million run rate and no growth perspective.”
“AI is the next platform shift in the same way that mobile was.”
“You start a company because you see an opening, and you just can't fall asleep at night until you go after it.”