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Humble BeginningsTrue Entrepreneur Tales
Alfred LinFebruary 9, 2011
Steve Jobs
2011
Consumer electronicsStage Sector Investment
Venture Technology $100,000
Steve Jobs &Steve Wozniak
1976
John Riccitiello
2011
Consumer entertainment softwareStage Sector Investment
Venture Technology $900,000
Trip Hawkins
1982
John Chambers
2011
Internet hardware, software & servicesStage Sector Investment
Venture Technology $1,900,000
Sandy Lerner &Len Bosack
1987
Carol Bartz
2011
Internet communications, commerce & mediaStage Sector Investment
Venture Internet $900,000
Jerry Yang & David Filo
1994
Eric Schmidt
2011
Ultimate search engineStage Sector Capital Consumed
Venture Internet $6,000,000
Larry Page & Sergey Brin
1998
Max Levchin, Peter Thiel & Elon Musk
2011
Scott Thompson
Field Link“BEAM MONEY”
1998
Stage Sector Investment
Venture Financial $3,700,000
Digital payments services
Max Levchin, Peter Thiel & Elon Musk
Tony Hsieh
2011
Shoe retail servicesStage Sector Investment
Growth Internet $1,100,000
Nick Swinmurn
1999
Jonathan Kaplan
2011
One-time-use camerasStage Sector Investment
Venture Internet $3,500,000
Jonathan Kaplan
2001
Steve Chen &Chad Hurley
2011
Internet mediaStage Sector Investment
Venture Internet $3,500,000
Steve, Chad & Jawed
2005
Omar Hamoui
2011
Stage Sector Investment
Venture Mobile $3,300,000
Mobile advertising marketplace services
Omar Hamoui
2006
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Commonalities
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They Were Once In Your Shoes
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The Founders Code™
✔ Underdogs
✔ Insight
✔ Personal
✔ Focused
✔ Unconventional
✔ Iterate
✔ Agility
✔ Relentless
✔ Long-term
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Elements of a Sustainable Company
✔ Clarity of purpose
✔ Spectacular market
✔ Alleviate customer pain
✔ Team DNA
✔ Singular product
✔ Real operating margins
✔ Frugality
✔ Inferno with a single match
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Q&A
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Apple Sales
FOUNDERFIRED
FOUNDER RETURNS
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The Wilderness Years
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Apple’s “Adults”
JOHN SCULLEY
1983 – 1993
MICHAEL SPINDLER
1993 – 1996
GIL AMELIO
1996 – 1997
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Newton
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Michael Dell October 1997
“What would I do? I’d shut it down
and give the money back to the
shareholders.”
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Think Different
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Relentless Product Innovation
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Software as the Secret Ingredient
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Branded Experiences
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People Personifying the Brand
181 US Stores 28 Non-US Stores 12,000 Retail Employees
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Disrupting Markets
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New Markets
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Apple iPhone Sales
$40
$10
$0
$20
$30
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
#K
1999 2001 2003 20052007 20092008
20
10
5
15
0
#K
20
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Apple Application Downloads
2007 20092008
20
15
10
5
0
#M
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Apple Gross Margin
$40
$10
$0
$20
$30
%
1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
20
10
0
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Apple Market Capitalization
$40
$10
$0
$20
$30
%
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
20
10
0
$B
1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
$200
$150
$100
$50
$0
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2011
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Thank You
lin [at] sequoiacap.com
