Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital: global growth, partnering with legendary companies and the evergreen fund | E1403

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

"Sequoia Capital is the greatest venture capital firm of all time. It's indisputable." - Jason

Jason chats with Sequoia's Doug Leone, a leader who shepherded the firm for four decades. They discuss great founders, governance, Sequoia's global expansion, mentoring the next generation of investors and more.

(00:00) Jason intros today’s legendary interview w/ Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital
(01:14) When Doug Leone got his start
(11:00) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://Squarespace.com/TWIST
(12:23) The impact selling secondary shares has on founders
(15:43) “The founder’s job is to make the receptionist rich”
(21:14) First Republic Bank - Discover what a long-term financial relationship can do for you. Visit https://firstrepublic.com/startup today to learn more.
(22:15) Mentoring the next generation of investors
(30:51) Linode - Apply to their Rise program for founder-led, early-stage startups and get 3 years of discounts at https://linode.com/twist.
(31:58) Sometimes incredible companies make the founder
(34:07) The greatest founders Doug has worked with
(46:30) Providing companies with a running start, but not doing too much
(53:10) Investing in China
(57:15) Entrepreneurship in Europe
(01:11:06) “Hope is not a plan. Let’s make a plan.

Check out Sequoia: https://www.sequoiacap.com

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, we have an amazing episode for you today, Sequoia Capitalist Greatest Venture Capital
0:04.4	firm of all time. It's indisputable. And today we have the leader who has shepherded the firm
0:10.9	for four decades. From the 90s to the 2000s, 2010s and now into the 2020s, it's an incredible
0:19.0	episode. It'll be a top five episode of all time for this week in startups I predict.
0:23.6	And without further ado, Doug Leone from Sequoia.
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0:48.6	email or text and through first republics banking app. Learn more at firstrepublic.com slash startup.
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1:02.0	founder led early stage startups. It's called rise and it comes with a three year discount program
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1:14.8	Hey everybody, welcome to this weekend startups. We're really excited to have our next guest on
1:18.2	Doug Leone is the global managing partner of Sequoia Capital. And he's been at Sequoia since 1988
1:24.2	when I graduated high school. I got to meet him as an entrepreneur and be a scout for Sequoia when
1:29.6	they started their scouts program. And he has been well, just an amazing force in venture capital,
1:36.0	especially on international expansion and supporting some of the greatest founders in the history
1:42.0	of capitalism. Full stop. You guys know all the companies that Sequoia has backed. And we've got
1:49.2	a great hour with Doug today to talk about what he's learned about entrepreneurship venture capital.
1:54.7	Welcome to the program Doug. Thank you. And thank you for reminding me that you were graduating high
2:00.3	school when I joined Sequoia Capital. It's a nice start to a podcast. Yeah. I mean, things have changed
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