Roelof Botha

4 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 9, 2025 by Roelof Botha · said 35 times in 15 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Oct 9, 2025
Disclosure
Michael Moritz left Sequoia; Doug Leone stepped back from day-to-day investing
“Michael has transitioned out completely. Doug has stepped back from day-to-day investing, so he's no longer in partner meetings routinely, but he continues to serve on several boards.”
Roelof Botha Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 24:42 Sequoia’s Roelof Botha: Why Venture Capital is Broken & How Great Companies Are Built
Oct 9, 2025
Disclosure
Botha: Sequoia requires unanimous consensus among partners for investment decisions
“So when we make investment decisions at Sequoia, it's a consensus decision.”
Roelof Botha Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 13:47 Sequoia’s Roelof Botha: Why Venture Capital is Broken & How Great Companies Are Built
Oct 9, 2025
Insight
Botha: Every investment mistake I've made stemmed from a failure of imagination
“When I've thought about my mistakes as an investor, by the way, every single time it comes down to a failure of imagination that I didn't think big enough, I didn't think about how this company could progress from where they were.”
Roelof Botha Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 23:36 Sequoia’s Roelof Botha: Why Venture Capital is Broken & How Great Companies Are Built
Oct 9, 2025 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Botha: Chinese startup creation fell from 51,000 in 2018 to 1,200 in 2023
“Some stat I got recently, in 2018, there were 51,000 companies started in China. In 2023, it was 1200.”
Roelof Botha Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 10:19 Sequoia’s Roelof Botha: Why Venture Capital is Broken & How Great Companies Are Built
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