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OpenAI vs Anthropic vs Open-Source | Token Maxing, AI Hangovers & The Coming ROI Reckoning · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 56:16 Matan Grinberg Retrospectively, I know like Alfred and Pat and Roloff, they were all like in there, they were all asking questions, and I was probably dismissing some of them,
OpenAI Buys TBPN & Their Management Team Reboot | Mercor Hack & Why Now is the Time for Cyber · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 39:11 Harry Stebbings And, um, you know, Pat and Alfred had recently taken over the leadership from Roloff. 2 times in the scene
Gokul Rajaram: How to Analyse for Durability and Defensibility in a World of AI · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 40:31 Gokul Rajaram A good example is PayPal roll off both of us on our board at square. 2 times in the scene
"Cursor is Dead" is Total BS: Here is Why | Miles Clements · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 49:42 Harry Stebbings You know, obviously Sequoia have the evergreen vehicle, which I think Blunt, there's been a lot of talk about.
Klarna CEO: SaaS is Dead: Why Systems of Record Will Die in an Agentic World · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 46:48 Sebastian Siemiatkowski And there's a new generation now with Sonya and Andrew and, and, and the new guys coming.
Michael Burry Shorts NVIDIA and Palantir & Has Defensibility Died in a World of AI? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:14 Harry Stebbings We saw Rodolf Botha moving out as steward, uh, after a three-year tenure, and being replaced by Pat Grady and Alfred Lynn, which was, I think, quite surprising news to the venture ecosystem.
Sequoia Partner, David Cahn on Who Wins in AI, Defence & The New $0–$100M Playbook · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:08:13 David Cahn Well, Rollup told me that I had to because I was having a baby, and I think that was pretty reasonable to help my wife and drive around the, drive around the baby.
- ▶ 1:11:01 David Cahn I got to work on this with Roloff. 2 times in the scene
Deel CEO, Alex Bouaziz on Raising $300M+ at a $17BN Valuation · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:12:44 Alex Bouaziz I think Roloff, Sean,
20VC Exclusive: Mercury Founder Launches First $26M Fund with Immad Akhund · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 8:06 Harry Stebbings Like, did you have to go into the partnership and present to everyone, and Roloff sat there at the, kind of, head of the table and... 2 times in the scene
Mitchell Green, Founder @ Lead Edge Capital: Why Traditional VC is Broken · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 21:32 Harry Stebbings In other words, is Roloff and the Evergreen Fund the right structure, or do you think it should be handed over to LPs, and they are as well positioned?
Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:14:14 Harry Stebbings Do you agree with Roloff's thesis that actually us as venture managers with inside information are best placed to manage companies, even in public markets?
Jeff Wang: Sequoia Capital's $9BN Global Equities Fund on The Future for NVIDIA, Google & Meta|E1212 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:31 Jeff Wang So he worked with Michael, Doug and Rulof to really get it off the ground. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:28 Jeff Wang Crucible moments podcast where Rulof dives into these difficult moments in a company's journey that, you know, require a lot of fortitude, but ultimately set the company in a better direction.
- ▶ 38:25 Jeff Wang Now it's rule off 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 41:03 Jeff Wang And so I forget if it was Doug or Ruloff who organized this, but we organized, for example, Charlie Munger before he passed to come in and talk to the partnership.
- ▶ 1:01:02 Harry Stebbings You have had the chance to work with Doug, with Mike, with Rodolf.
- ▶ 1:04:36 Harry Stebbings Final one, Roloff. 18 times in the scene
Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 54:04 Shaun Maguire Um, well, you should ask Ruloff, but look.
- ▶ 1:05:13 Shaun Maguire If it's a, like a biotech company, it's definitely Ruloff.
David Cahn: Why Servers, Steel and Power Are the Pillars Powering the Future of AI | E1186 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 51:48 David Cahn You see Roloff, you invested in YouTube and Instagram, right? 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 53:34 David Cahn Roloff talks all the time. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:12:23 David Cahn I grew up in New York City, uh, and Roloff has been giving me a lot of pressure on this.
Kevin Hartz: "How I Lost Airbnb at Seed Because of an Exploding Term Sheet" | E1180 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 4:17 Harry Stebbings I spoke to Roloff last night, actually. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:13 Harry Stebbings The final one is Pierre Lamond, who is an interesting one because it's a different profile to both Peter and Roloff. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:17 Harry Stebbings You know, it's, it's funny kind of speaking about kind of the talent assessment that, you know, Roloff, your wife, many other people, founders that you've backed said that Kevin's greatest trait is his ability to spot truly unique talent… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:01 Kevin Hartz I'd explain it like on a spectrum, and I'd put my two favorite peeps on each side, so I'd put Roloff and Sequoia on, on, you know, one side of the spectrum, you know, which is more hands-on providing services 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 18:57 Kevin Hartz And, uh, Sequoia out, out did us, uh, and got the lead, but, um, they, they cut us in nicely because, you know, Brian, Nate, and Joe seem to like us and, uh, roll off as well.
- ▶ 34:42 Kevin Hartz Well, I, I think of when I was stepping down as CEO of Zoom, Keith and Roloff held a lunch for me in the city, in San Francisco.
- ▶ 42:31 Kevin Hartz Turned out to be a kind of classic Sequoia investment that I did with Rulof was in a company called Tokbox, T-O-K-B-O-X, and it was early live streaming. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 56:22 Kevin Hartz Well, a Roloff, a Roloffism is, which, which is always think of is when things are going really poorly, that's when you're supportive and nurturing and not hammering, believe it or not. 2 times in the scene
Pat Grady: Sequoia Partner on Investing Lessons from Doug Leone, Roelof Botha and Alfred Lin | E1174 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Samir Vasavada: The Real Story of Vise: The Regrets, Mistakes and Mis-Hires | E1171 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 8:26 Samir Vasavada Everyone's, like, rushing up to Rulof and Mike Moritz and, you know, all these famous partners there, and we're just sitting at the pretzel station shopping on pretzels, and this, like, guy who, like, looks really young walks up to us, and…
Tom Hulme: Lessons from a 24x Angel Track Record, 275x on Robinhood & Making Billions on Uber |E1150 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Keith Rabois & Eric Glyman: The Tools, Tips, Secrets and Process That Drive Efficiency | E1148 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 41:16 Keith Rabois I went pretty flat at square when I was running hot at like 11 and like Vinod and Roloff gave me feedback that that was too much.
David Clark: Lessons from 32 Years of Fund Investing - Why Exits Will Be Larger | E1131 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 50:33 David Clark Um, I think Sequoia have a really interesting way of doing it as well, where, you know, people kind of step aside and, and, um, you know, Don Valentine stepped aside for Mike and Doug, you know, Doug stepped aside for Roloff.
Chandra Narayanan: Top 5 Lessons from Leading Analytics at Facebook | E1126 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 16:17 Chandra Narayanan Of the people that are in the group is like you have all the way from, you know, I mean, during those times is Mike Moritz and Jim gets and, and rule off and, and Pat, and of course so many other people.
Brian Halligan: Leadership Lessons Scaling Hubspot to $28BN | E1103 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:03:39 Brian Halligan Um, so there's a whole new crew over there that runs it, Pat and Ruloff, and they're paranoid.
Keith Rabois on Rejoining Khosla Ventures | E1102 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 57:03 Keith Rabois Vinod, uh, Roloff, um, taught me some lessons. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:13:07 Keith Rabois I definitely try to find, I'm trying to find like a better way to do it, but it, and you know, Roloff mentioned this to me. 5 times in the scene
Christian Lanng: "How Being a Founder Almost Killed Me" | E1065 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 34:14 unnamed speaker But my question is, I get you on the discount, but actually there are some investors, say a Bill Gurley at Benchmark, or, you know, you know, Roloff at Sequoia, who the weight of their name, their contacts, and their B to B customers…
Miles Grimshaw: The 5 Pillars of Venture Capital & Why Co-Pilot is an Incumbent Strategy | E1061 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 15:38 Harry Stebbings I always remember Pat Grady at Sequoia, who's a great friend of mine, said after six months, Roloff said to him, do you need to see a vocal coach?
Marcelo Claure & Shu Nyatta: LATAM's New $500M Growth Fund; Investing Billions at SoftBank | E1042 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 8:30 Shu Nyatta Botta and Sequoia love this crucible analogy, and it's, it's true.
Semil Shah: Lessons Learned Scaling from a $1M to a $50M Fund | 20VC #951 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:02:49 Harry Stebbings The other truth is I think there's a utility value to board members that resembles a barbell, which is like Fenton, Gurley at the A, um, you know, Alfred Lynn at the A, Roloff Botha at the A, amazing Pat Grady at the A, great, and then…
Cathie Wood: Elon & Twitter; Why Facebook is a Value Stock Now; ARK's Performance | 20VC #949 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 39:30 Harry Stebbings When you have a crossover team, and there's not the star power of a Ben Horror, it's a Bill Gurley, a Roloff Botha, there's a question of, respectfully, are you going to win access to the best deals?
Kyle Harrison: Why 75% of Active Investors Will Disappear in the Next Few Years | 20VC #940 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 18:10 Kyle Harrison And I went through, I went and interviewed a bunch of people and I say, it is actually inspired by, um, Roloff was on, I think, invest like the best. 2 times in the scene
20VC Exclusive: Sequoia's Luciana Lixandru Unveils Sequoia's New 8 Week Accelerator, Arc | Biggest Takeaways from Working with Doug Leone and Roelof Botha | The Journey From a Small Town In Romania to Partner @ Sequoia
- ▶ 22:39 Harry Stebbings I thought we'd slightly kind of borrow from that ideal, which was when you look at, say, Doug, Alfred, Roloff, and Pat, I would love to just unpack, having worked with them now for the time that you have, what's one significant learning… 4 times in the scene
20VC: Biggest Lessons and Challenges Building One of the Most Successful Seed Funds, How To Manage Investor Psychology, Self-Doubt and Insecurity & The Secret to Truly Successful Venture Partnerships with David Frankel, Co-Founder @ Founder Collective
- ▶ 22:59 David Frankel I loved what he was doing, and then I got into diligence, and I spoke to Rulof Buerta, who was in Zoom, and he helped talk me out of it, just talking about how difficult, you know, foreign kind of compensation was, and particularly when…
20VC: 23andMe's Anne Wojcicki on How To Approach Trust in Business and Personal Relationships, Leadership Lessons from Sheryl Sandberg and Reflections on How The Best Founders Manage Their Boards
- ▶ 0:43 Harry Stebbings I'd also want to say a huge thank you to Roloff Bothra at Sequoia and Patrick Chung for some fantastic questions and suggestions today.
- ▶ 3:19 Harry Stebbings I've heard so many good things from Roloff and from Patrick.
- ▶ 23:18 Anne Wojcicki Roloff can get very specific with us thinking about, for instance, our, what was it? 4 times in the scene
20VC: Sequoia's Doug Leone on What Has Been Instrumental To Scaling Sequoia Over Generations, How Sequoia Think About International Expansion and What They Learned From China and India & Why When You Lose Pre-Seed You Become Private Equity
- ▶ 34:06 Doug Leone My role is a secondary importance to the role of rule-off,
20VC: Greylock's David Sze on His Biggest Lessons Working with Mark Zuckerberg and Reid Hoffman, The Rise of Pre-Emptive Rounds, How To Think Through Price Discipline Today and How Truly Strong Venture Partnerships Function
- ▶ 32:06 Harry Stebbings I do want to ask one more before the quickfire round, and it's just, I actually asked, roll off this at Sequoia and Peter at Benchmark, and it's like, you know, you mentioned Kingmakers there, and there is a certain category of investor,…
20VC: Evernote & mmhmm Founder Phil Libin on Why We are Beginning a Multi-Trillion Dollar Restructuring of the World, Why Shortcuts are the Biggest Mistakes Startups Make & The Future of Video and The Unbundling of Zoom
- ▶ 23:29 Harry Stebbings And so, I want to specifically ask around, like, and I spoke to Naomi, I spoke to Chris, I spoke to Roloff, and they all said about this, which is, like, ask about
- ▶ 31:27 Phil Libin I think his role of puts it, right, of indigestion.
- ▶ 37:09 Phil Libin Best board member worked with definitely Roloff. 5 times in the scene
20VC: Unity Founder David Helgason on The Hypergrowth Early Days of Unity, Why Running A Company Is Like A Liberal Art, The Secret To A Successful CEO Transition and What Makes Roelof Botha Such A Special Board Member
- ▶ 0:01 Harry Stebbings This is the 20 Minute VC with me, Harry Stebbings, and on Monday we released our episode with Roloff Botha, partner at Sequoia, and one of his great investments at Sequoia was Unity, and so I thought it'd be awesome to welcome back Unity's…
- ▶ 9:29 unnamed speaker First round, actually, five million dollars with Rola Fulta joining the board.
- ▶ 16:31 Harry Stebbings We obviously had Roloff on the show. 16 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:05 Harry Stebbings And again, I spoke to Paul and Roloff before, and they both said about kind of the several M&A opportunities you had very kind of prematurely in the unity journey.
20VC: Intercom Founder, Eoghan McCabe on How To Deal with the Weight of Expectation, Having Your Identity Tied To Your Company, How To Be Your Authentic Self Even with Stakeholders & Why There Are No Rules
- ▶ 30:02 Harry Stebbings As always, I so appreciate all your support, and I can't wait to bring you an incredible episode next week with Roloff at Sequoia.
20VC: SPACs. What Are They? Why Now? How Do They Change The Venture Landscape? Are They Better Than IPOs & Direct Listings? How Should Founders Think About Them? Kevin Hartz & Troy Steckenrider @ A*
- ▶ 32:29 Kevin Hartz For example, I've been fortunate to have a two-time investor, and that's Roloff Botha, involved in both companies from near cradle all the way through the public markets, and having Roloff Botha from Sequoia involved was really a game… 4 times in the scene
20VC: MongoDB CEO, Dev Ittycheria on Why Sometimes You Have To Be Inefficient To Be Effective, The 2 Different Types of Decisions and How Great Leaders Respond To Each & Why Value To Overhead Ratio Is The Metric To Use When Selecting Investors
- ▶ 0:49 Harry Stebbings I'd also want to say a huge thank you to Roloff at Sequoia and Chip at Flybridge for some fantastic questions and, suggestions today.
- ▶ 3:32 Harry Stebbings I've heard so many great things from Oliver at DD, from, uh, Roloff at Sequoia, from Chathan at Benchmark.
- ▶ 26:28 Harry Stebbings I spoke to Chip at Flybridge and Rodolph at Sequoia before, 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 39:50 Harry Stebbings Dev, as I said, I heard so many great things before the show, both from Chip and from Rolov, so I can't thank you enough for joining me today, and this has been such a pleasure to do.
20VC: Loom Founder Joe Thomas on Whether To Take Multi-Stage Money at Seed, How Early Stage Founders Should Select Their VC, How Sequoia Won The Loom Deal & The 3 Rules To Operate Remote Teams Successfully
- ▶ 31:48 Joe Thomas And he sent an email that had 20 Sequoia partners and team members, including Rulof, Doug Leone, Michael Morwitz, who all recorded a Loom talking about why they were so excited to join Loom on our journey.
20VC: Sequoia's Pat Grady on What Sequoia Is Focused On Today, How Sequoia Think About Investment Decision-Making Processes & Why It Is Important To Trade A Few Points of Efficiency for Culture When It Comes To Attribution
20VC: Eventbrite Founder, Julia Hartz on The Lessons Learned Scaling Eventbrite to Unicorn Valuation & $3Bn in Gross Ticket Sales
- ▶ 0:25 Harry Stebbings The largest event technology platform, powering over two million events around the world each year, and they've raised over three hundred and thirty million in funding from some of the greats of the industry, including Roloff at Sequoia…
20VC: Jason Calacanis on The 4 Questions Investors Must Ask Founders, Whether YC Have Scaled Their Process Successfully & Why Early Founder Liquidity Is Good Not Bad
- ▶ 22:41 Jason Calacanis The other question that you've heard a lot of VCs talk about, and I heard first started from Wolof from Sequoia was, why now?
20VC: Floodgate's Mike Maples on What Makes Category Kings, What Most Venture Funds Do Wrong When Hiring & 'The Dance Of Product Market Fit'
- ▶ 0:32 Harry Stebbings As a result, Mike's been named on the Forbes Midas list since 2010, and was also named one of eight rising stars by Fortune Magazine, alongside the likes of Peter Thiel, Josh Koppelman, and Roloff Botha.
20VC: Fred Destin @ Accel on Why Startups Fail & Founders Get Fired?
- ▶ 36:04 Fred Destin If I listen, whenever I listen to Rulof Bota at Sequoia, you know, he's a very thoughtful guy.
Jason Calacanis: The World's Greatest Angel Investor
- ▶ 12:14 Jason Calacanis So really, Saka and Tim Ferriss, Chamath Palihapitiya, uh, Rulof Botha, Bill Gurley, you know,
- ▶ 14:56 Jason Calacanis I was the angel investor in Uber, Bill Gurley did the A round, Shervin did the B, not that actually I introduced him to the companies, they got there themselves, but the point is, I do like to bring the ball up the court to roll off both… 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:19 Jason Calacanis Roloff Botha has been amazing for me. 2 times in the scene