Sequoia
0 statements across 0 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 12, 2024 by Guy Kawasaki · across every show →
Everything said about Sequoia, oldest first
Apr 12, 2024 neutral
Kawasaki: I rejected an interview for Yahoo CEO because of the commute
“Michael Moritz. The Michael Moritz of Sequoia. He called me after I left Apple, and he said, guy, I have a company down here by Stanford. I want you to interview for the CEO position. And I said, Mike, what's the company's name? And he told me the name. I look…”
Apr 12, 2024 positive
Kawasaki: Truly interested VCs overlook flaws and reframe weaknesses as positives
“If an investor is truly interested in your business, they're not going to throw these fences up in front of you. What they're going to be thinking is they do not have a world-class team, but I at Kleiner Perkins or Sequoia, I can tap the greatest talent in the…”
Mar 21, 2025 negative
Sequoia pulled backing from Chipshot before its 2000 IPO, triggering bankruptcy
“And basically he said that Sequoia, who had backed them to go public, had pulled out. And there was no more filing, and they were going bankrupt, and we would, they'd be out of business in two weeks, and they had no more money to pay anything for us. Nothing f…”