Doug Leone
2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 28, 2022 by David Rosenthal · said 20 times in 8 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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2025 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2023 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2022 14 mentions in 4 episodes 4 per episode
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Sep 28, 2022 neutral
Roelof Botha experienced a prolonged dry spell after early YouTube success
“He took over for Leone, right? And one of his very first investments was YouTube. So right out the gate, he's crushing it. But then he hit a dry spell, and it was really hard on him, and it was hard on the partnership, and he talks about it.”
Dec 15, 2025 positive
Sequoia refused to raise a mulligan fund after the dot-com crash
“We interviewed Doug Leone who was, you know, one of the, I guess, two stewards ago of Sequoia, and he told us that after the dot-com crash for the Sequoia fund that was the dot-com bubble fund, every other venture firm out there, after the bubble popped, were …”