Don Valentine
3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 15, 2023 by David Senra · said 51 times in 23 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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Dec 15, 2023 positive
Valentine: Minimizing operating expenses makes a startup significantly harder to kill
“The immediate cause of death in a startup is to, is always running out of money, which is exactly what Don Valentine just told us. So the cheaper your company, this is the punchline here. So the cheaper your company is to operate, the harder it is to kill.”
Jul 3, 2024 positive
Sequoia's Don Valentine argued that venture funding flows from founder storytelling ability
“The founder of Sequoia Capital, Don Valentine, and he says the art of storytelling is critically important. Most of the entrepreneurs who come to us can't tell a story. Learning to tell a story is incredibly important because that's how the money works. The mo…”
Jan 14, 2025
Don Valentine Backed Nvidia While Threatening to Kill Jensen Huang
“And yet the end of the meeting, Sequoia decides to invest. And there's a great quote on Don Valentine in this. He goes, against my better judgment, based on what you just told me, obviously it's a crappy pitch. I'm going to give you my money. But if you lose m…”