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Gupta: VCs sent wrong signals for years by inflating startup valuations
“Investors, you know all of us, we sent many of the wrong signals for a couple of years where people were rewarded. And so they could look at something of like, what are you talking about? My business keeps on getting valued higher and higher and higher.”
Gupta: Reaching the Professional Pinnacle Is Not Worth Sacrificing Family Presence
“If what it takes to be the best in the world at the thing that I'm doing is to lose some of those aspects that we're talking about, then I don't want it. You know, I hope I can be. I want, I am ambitious. I really want to go and try to do that. But, you know, …”
Gupta: Sequoia Capital Partner Meetings Have No Scheduled End Times
“So like our partner meeting times, they don't have an end time. There is no backend. They go as long as they go. And the, and that I think is a really thoughtful, small thing. They start in the morning because the same point, we all think we're better in the m…”
Gupta: Tracking Home Dinners and Travel Days Helps Avoid Family Absence
“I count the number of days that I have dinners. I count the number of days I'm on the road. I go to pretty serious lengths to avoid unnecessary travel.”
Gupta: Sequoia Team Shares Top Weekly Priorities on a Single Google Sheet
“One of the things that we do at Sequoia now is every Tuesday,
Every single person writes down their most important thing for the week.
And we share it.
We like literally have it on a Google sheet.
Every person, what is the most important thing you are doing th…”