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Snap: Evan Spiegel Apr 21, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:35 Guy Raz But tell me about getting that money because we'll, and I should remind people listening, the stories we don't hear about are all the times that Lightspeed and Sequoia and Benchmark and others

Kona Ice: Tony Lamb Nov 6, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 28:07 Guy Raz Hosted by Sequoia's Rulaf Botha, Crucible Moments provides a peek into the journey of companies like Airbnb, PayPal, 23 and me, and NVIDIA, and the decisions that changed their businesses forever. 2 times in the scene

Herschel Supply Co.: Jamie and Lyndon Cormack Oct 16, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 44:08 Guy Raz In business, world-renowned venture capital firm Sequoia Capital calls them crucible moments. 3 times in the scene

Rivian: RJ Scaringe Sep 12, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 18:34 Guy Raz In 2009, you were trying to raise money from like, you know, the Sequoias and the whatever out there.

PayPal: Max Levchin (Part 1 of 2) Jun 13, 2022 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 1:02:11 Max Levchin He'd already sold Zip Two, and so he was both successful and wealthy, and he had succeeded in pitching Sequoia Capital.
  • ▶ 1:24:31 Max Levchin Sequoia Capital at this point, he's kind of the front man of the band there, invited me to spend some number of months, maybe more, at Sequoia Capital. 3 times in the scene

Houzz: Adi Tatarko May 30, 2022 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 47:36 Guy Raz You didn't want to go down, you didn't want to go to Sequoia Capital and Benchmark and others.
  • ▶ 58:22 Guy Raz And you ended up getting money from Sequoia Capital, which is one of the top venture firms in the world. 4 times in the scene

KAYAK: Paul English Sep 27, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 52:36 Guy Raz Sequoia leads that round, Sequoia Capital, and that means you can really get, you can now, like, do things like acquire other companies and, you know, launch a big advertising campaign.

Cisco Systems & Urban Decay: Sandy Lerner (2018) May 10, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 30:42 Guy Raz You, um, come across him, and this is a time where you are really desperate for cash, and what does Don Valentine, he's with Sequoia Capital, what does he say to you?

Dropbox: Drew Houston Nov 9, 2020 · 2 mentions

How I Built Resilience: Live with Julia Hartz Jul 16, 2020 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 19:04 Julia Hartz Sequoia Capital, Rolof Botha, I mean, they first funded us in the depths of the recession in 2009. 2 times in the scene

Eventbrite: Julia Hartz Feb 17, 2020 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 43:12 Julia Hartz Yeah, it was a quicker process, so I think it was, you know, maybe four weeks, and we were confident enough to say that we were accepting term sheets on a certain date, and, ah, and, um, we received three term sheets, and, um, we raised…
  • ▶ 48:21 Julia Hartz Koya Capital come in, seemingly kind of how easy it was to raise after that with their seal of approval.

Cisco Systems & Urban Decay: Sandy Lerner Oct 1, 2018 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 30:32 Guy Raz You, um, come across him, and this is a time where you are really desperate for cash, and what does Don Valentine, he's with Sequoia Capital, what does he say to you? 2 times in the scene

Airbnb: Joe Gebbia Oct 17, 2016 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 33:25 Joe Gebbia So, what I've learned is that when the gears start to click, investors can hear that, and they actually, this time, they came to us, and we had offers coming in from a variety of different groups, and the one that shocked us the most was… 3 times in the scene
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