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What Startups Can Learn From Sequoia Capital’s Doomsday Plans
Source: GigaOM
Oct 09, 2008


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Last night I reported on a special meeting held by Sequoia Capital for its portfolio companies, warning them about the fiscal hurricane that was going to hit them, and how they’d better figure out ways to survive what could be a big downturn.


There were some gaps in the details about that meeting, but I have since been able to piece together the minutes and what folks there essentially said. Since these are second-sourced details, I cannot say they are a 100 percent accurate, so please view them with a degree of skepticism. Nevertheless, I still feel confident enough to share them.


These were the four speakers:


Mike Moritz, General Partner, Sequoia Capital, who moderated the speakers. The speakers were Eric Upin, Partner, Sequoia Capital who till recently ran the ran the $26-Billion Stanford Endowment Fund; Michael Partner, Sequoia Capital, who was Sequoia’s very first hedge fund manager and worked at Maverick Capital and Robertson Stephens. The last speaker was, as I mentioned before, Doug Leone, General Partner, Sequoia Capital.


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Michaelfidler,
Oct 09, 2008
@jasongoldberg You might want to read this!
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Michaelfidler,
Oct 09, 2008
@jasongolberg This is scary. I read a book several years ago that described the same scenario as outlined by Upin,using similar data, and predicting this would occur now. The book called for a 12 year depression! I'm going to dig it up. hopefully I can find it! A secular bear market is just a new way of phrasing it.
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Jasongoldberg,
Oct 10, 2008
@michaelfidler great post. EVERYONE should read this one.
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