KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Douglas Leone Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Douglas Leone

Showing 1-10 of 27 Quotes by Douglas Leone

A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Chief Chief Executive Companies Executive Great Market Markets Never Small Start Tremendous Will

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The trick is, a market has to be nonexistent when you start. If the market is large early on, you will have too many competitors. You have to make it large.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Competitors Early Large Make Many Market Start Too Trick Will You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We work as a team. I think having the individual being shown as a star actually creates problems internally. We encourage all our investors to work as a team for the benefit of the founders.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Actually Being Benefit Creates Encourage Founders Having Individual Investors Our Problems Shown Star Team Think Work I Think

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Both Competitive Industry Quite Venture Vibrant

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: About Both Ceo Engineering Founder Give Help Ideas Management Meet Product Quickly Really Sales Some Standpoint Strategic Suggestions Talk Them Understands You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: Build Capital Companies Eye Like Long Long Term Look Partner Really Term Tried

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Our business is all about helping someone - a founder, a CEO - building a great business. It's not about seeing our names in the press.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: About Building Business Ceo Founder Great Great Business Helping Names Our Press Seeing Someone

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We want people who come from humble backgrounds and have a need to win.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Backgrounds Come Humble Need People Want Who Win

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: Clearly Companies Early Either Had Invested Moderate Number Stage Wish

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If you choose a market that already exists, say, networking equipment, you have to compete with an established company like Cisco. Even if your product is marginally better, Cisco can fudge it and outsell you.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Better Choose Company Compete Equipment Established Even Exists Like Market Networking Product Say You Your

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

Links

Find Douglas Leone on Amazon

Related Authors

Les Brown
Warren Buffett
Stephen Covey
Peter Drucker
Henry Ford
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Jim Rohn

Popular Authors

Andrew Carnegie Stephen Covey Thomas Jefferson Guy Lafleur George R. R. Martin Henry Rollins Franklin D. Roosevelt Ben Shapiro

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1883 - Coco Chanel

1631 - John Dryden

1686 - Eustace Budgell

1689 - Samuel Richardson

1780 - Pierre Jean De Beranger

1808 - James Nasmyth

1835 - Richard Parks Bland

1856 - John Cotton Dana

1870 - Bernard Baruch

1871 - Orville Wright

Birthdays on August 19th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Architecture Best Environmental Hope Mom New Year's Sports Strength