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Investing is Hard - Outlier’s Path

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My first day at Sequoia was October 1, 2010. In that same week, I moved from Las Vegas to the Bay Area, hung my shingle at Sequoia, and Atticus was born. Fourteen years at Sequoia has been the longest and the shortest time I’ve spent at a company. Time has its own reality distortion field. If you are a parent, you know the phrase: the days are long, but the years are short. If you work in technology, you have seen accelerating change since you entered the industry. If you have a few years behind you, you might have felt that every year gets shorter. That’s because, for a 2-year-old, a whole year is 50% of their life experience, but the same year is 2% for a 50-year-old. Additionally, even with years of experience, it feels new and exciting in a world of constant change. Before my fourteen years at Sequoia, I spent fourteen years as an entrepreneurial operator. In the past, I had been saying I am a better operator than an investor because I have more years under my belt as an operator t

Investing is Hard October 27, 2024 My first day at Sequoia was October 1, 2010. In that same week, I moved from Las Vegas to the Bay Area, hung my shingle at Sequoia, and Atticus was born. Fourteen years at Sequoia has been the longest and the shortest time I’ve spent at a company. Time has its own reality distortion field. If you are a parent, you know the phrase: the days are long, but the years are short. If you work in technology, you have seen accelerating change since you entered the industry. If you have a few years behind you, you might have felt that every year gets shorter. Tha

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