Sequoia Capital: Roelof Botha at Stanford's E-Bootcamp 2011

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Humble Beginnings True Entrepreneur Tales Roelof Botha

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Roelof Botha's keynote from BASES Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (E-Bootcamp) at Stanford.

Transcript of Sequoia Capital: Roelof Botha at Stanford's E-Bootcamp 2011

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Humble BeginningsTrue Entrepreneur Tales

Roelof Botha

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Now

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Then

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Now

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Then

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Steve Jobs

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1976

Steve WozniakSteve Jobs

Consumer electronicsStage Sector Investment

Venture Technology $100K

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2011

John Riccitiello

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1982

Trip Hawkins

Consumer entertainment softwareStage Sector Investment

Venture Technology $900K

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2011

John Chambers

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1987

Sandy LernerLen Bosack

Networking networksStage Sector Investment

Venture Technology 1.9M

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2011

Carol Bartz

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1994

Jerry YangDavid Filo

Internet communications, commerce & mediaStage Sector Investment

Venture Internet 900K

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2011

Larry Page

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1998

Larry PageSergey Brin

Ultimate search engineStage Sector Investment

Venture Internet 6M

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2011

Scott Thompson

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1998

Peter ThielElon Muskv

Digital payments servicesStage Sector Investment

Financial 3.7M

Max Levchin

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2011

Tony Hsieh

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1999

Nick Swinmurn

Shoe retail servicesStage Sector Investment

Growth Internet 1.1M

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Jeff Weiner

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2003

Reid Hoffman

Business social networking servicesStage Sector Investment

Venture Internet 4M

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Steve ChenChad Hurley

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2005

Steve ChenChad HurleyJawed Karim

Internet mediaStage Sector Investment

Venture Internet 3.5M

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Omar Hamoui

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2006

Omar Hamoui

Mobile advertising marketplace servicesStage Sector Investment

Venture Mobile 3.3M

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Commonalities - Yesterday

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Commonalities - Today

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The Creative Process

Imagination PerseveranceInitiative

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✔ Underdogs

✔ Insight

✔ Personal

✔ Focused

✔ Unconventional

✔ Iterate

✔ Agility

✔ Relentless

✔ Long-term

The Founders Code™

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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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They Were Once in Your Shoes

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Welcome to

eBootcamp Class of

2011

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Thank You

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