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Sequoia Arc: 7-week Company Building Immersion

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What makes an outlier? Immerse yourself in the mindsets of those who dare to build legendary companies. Uncover your own motivations and the scale of your ambition. Who are you building for? See how customer obsession is the underlying foundation of all great companies. Learn how to deepen your understanding of your own customer. How do you build great products? Learn how to set a product mission that transforms your customers’ lives and establish the right metrics, strategy and tactics to build winning products with speed. How are you different, not merely better? Learn how to position your breakthrough to customers, partners and talent. How do you create enduring value? Understand the fundamental structures of your market and how you orientate your business and cap table for the long term. How does it all fit together? Take the time to distill foundational learnings and weave them into your cohesive company story. How will you be a magnet? Learn how to inspire others to your vision.

Get started with Sequoia Our bi-annual open call for outlier early stage founders. For 50+ years, we've backed founders at the earliest stages—Apple pre-revenue, Nvidia with just the founding team, Wiz when there wasn’t a clear idea. We find Sequoia founders in many ways, including Arc, our bi-annual open call for pre-seed and seed stage founders. Applications for our Arc Spring ’25 cohort are closed. Sign up below to get notified when we open up new programs in the Americas and Europe. Get started The Arc Fall '25 open call closes on Sunday, August 17th at 11:59 pm PT. Sign up below to be not

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