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Andreessen: Sequoia prioritized market size over founding team quality
“Sequoia was legendary in prioritizing market over team, right? And so Don Valentine has, if you go online and Google Don Valentine's talks, he talks a lot about how the key to success of a startup is to land yourself in a giant market. Like, Land yourself in a…”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:04 a16z Podcast | Startups and Pendulum Swings Through Ideas, Time, Fame, and Money
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Horowitz: Sequoia successfully handed off leadership across two generations
“Sequoia transitioned it from Don Valentine to, you know, Mike Moritz and Doug Leone and Jim Goetz, and that worked, you know, that transition worked well, so they were able To kind of take the original culture and build on it and kind of grow it, you know, 20 …”
Ben Horowitz Aug 23, 2025 ▶ 0:53 Ben Horowitz Shares the a16z Origin Story & Plans for the Future
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Clifford: Songkick was likely the first UK startup backed by Sequoia
“Songkick's a great example of that. Maybe the first British company to take funding from Sequoia”
Matt Clifford Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:03 a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything
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