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Partner at Sequoia Capital; former COO of Zappos
Why themGrew Zappos from $300M to $1.6B in sales before it sold to Amazon, then topped the Forbes Midas List.
What’s different about Sequoia’s approach?Partner at Sequoia Capital; former CFO of PayPal
Why themTwo decades backing founders from the earliest days and helping them build companies that last.
How do you build a company that endures a crisis?Partner at Sequoia Capital; co-founder and former CEO of Polyvore
Why themWent from complaining Polyvore user to its CEO, and now backs early consumer companies.
What traits predict a founder's success?Managing Director at Khosla Ventures; co-founded Opendoor
Why themBlunt on talent density, operating rigor, and moving fast on non-consensus ideas.
What makes a founder worth backing early?Founder of Khosla Ventures
Why themI'm Vinod, founder of Khosla Ventures.
What is Khosla Ventures and what do you invest in?Founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures
Why themReads where consumers are heading before the data shows it.
How do you sense a consumer shift before the data?General Partner at Flybridge and Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School
Why themBuilt two startups before co-founding Flybridge, which manages $1B+ across 400+ startups.
What do you look for in a founder at the earliest stage?Founder and Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures
Why themI'm the Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures, where we focus on investing in the first institutional round for promising software and hardware companies.
How did you get to where you are today?Managing Partner at BoxGroup
Why themLaunched Techstars NYC and funded GroupMe in 2009, before it sold to Skype.
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