Doug Leone
20 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 7 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 30, 2026 by Doug Leone · said 3 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →
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2026 3 mentions in 1 episode
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Aug 30, 2026 negative
Aug 30, 2026 bullish
Leone: Michael Moritz was best in the world at assessing total upside
“Mike had the ability to dream broadly in ways that I've never seen before. He could answer the question better than anybody I've ever known. What if everything goes right? Not, oh, we're hedges and that, no, what if everything goes right? What can this busines…”
Aug 30, 2026
Aug 30, 2026 negative
Aug 30, 2026 negative
Aug 30, 2026 neutral
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Aug 30, 2026 negative
Aug 30, 2026
Leone's three rules for making any venture capital investment
“One of them is, would I put my kids money into it? Second, if I only make 20 investments in my life, Is this one of the 20? Third, can I return the whole fund with this investment? And if I don't pass those three, I'm not gonna make the investment.”
Aug 30, 2026 neutral
Aug 30, 2026 neutral
Aug 30, 2026
Leone: Sustained dominance stems from fear of irrelevance, not vision
“Starting with the why, I think it's a deep and secure need to remain relevant and prove to yourself that you're not getting old and you're not going to be out of date. I mean, if I look back on my career each time I remade myself, it wasn't really done out of …”
Aug 30, 2026 negative
Leone: Boards must honor signed term sheets over higher late offers
“A term sheet is not worth the paper it's written on, but once you sign it, Both sides, I think you have to honor it. You know, many times we're out, we're, I'm on the board of a company, and we signed a term sheet with an investor, and then three days later, s…”
Aug 30, 2026
Aug 30, 2026 positive
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Aug 30, 2026 negative
Leone estimates that only 20% to 30% of VCs are competent
“Out of 10 venture folks, and I've said this, and I've taken Shifford, maybe 30% are incompetent. They don't know what they're doing. Another 40% I call them no ups, no damage, no anything. They nod, you know, they nod with a group and maybe 30% of fewer, maybe…”
Aug 30, 2026 neutral
Leone slept in his car for a week after making Sequoia partner
“I remember when I was made a partner at Sequoia, I was down to zero money. I actually, I have never said that to anybody, but there was a time in my first month where I became a partner that I was homeless. I slept in my car for a week. I showered at 3000 Sand…”
Aug 30, 2026