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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

Topics: Before Capital Company Entrepreneur Instance Say Sell Think Venture Venture Capital Wanted Which Years

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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

Topics: Back Courage Day Entrepreneur Give Give Me Gusto Lot Me Out Person Rapidly Who Will

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I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Boats Job Like Pig Summer Sweating Teenager Working

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During dark times, real entrepreneurs come out. They are not competing with 10 look-alike companies for engineering talent, so it's a great time to invest and help build companies.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Build Come Companies Competing Dark Engineering Entrepreneurs Great Great Time Help Invest Out Real Talent Time Times

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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

Topics: Clear Coming Economy Engineers Growth India Look Number Out Place Want

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If you start a successful company in China at 11 A.M., by 2 P.M. there's three more companies like it.

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Topics: China Companies Company Like More Start Successful Three You

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We like companies that can get big and powerful on $50 million or less and not two, three, four or five billion.

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Topics: Big Billion Companies Five Four Get Less Like Million Powerful Three Two

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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

Topics: Because Bunch Dangerous Funds Gets Good Good Thing Know Money Our Out People Secret Seed Thing Very Whole Word Would You A Good Thing

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You have to be willing to risk things; otherwise, somebody else will put you out of business.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Business Else Otherwise Out Put Risk Somebody Things Will Willing You

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In a globalized world, one application can spread like wildfire and there's only one winning company, which means you have to invest more than you've ever had.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Application Company Ever Had Invest Like Means More Only Spread Than Which Wildfire Winning World You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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