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Episode 318: Lessons from a Titan Invest Like The Best Episode 318 Hosted by Patrick O'Shaughnessy 02.28.2023 Doug Leone is a Partner at Sequoia Capital. We cover his lessons from four decades at Sequoia, what makes for great go-to-market motions, and survey the changing landscape of venture and founders. This episode is brought to you by: Tegus. Tegus is the modern research platform for leading investors. I’m a longtime user and advocate of Tegus, a company that I’ve been so consistently impressed with that last fall my firm, Positive Sum, invested $20M to support Tegus’ mission to expand its product ecosystem. Whether it’s quantitative analysis, company disclosures, management presentations, earnings calls - Tegus has tools for every step of your investment research. They even have over 4000 fully driveable financial models. Tegus’ maniacal focus on quality, as well as its depth, breadth and recency of content makes it the one-stop, end-to-en

Introduction Patrick My guest this week is Doug Leone. Doug led one of the world's most successful venture firms, Sequoia, for over 25 years after he was given responsibility for the firm by its founder, Don Valentine, in 1996. Alongside Mike Moritz, the pair managed its expansion from a single $150 million early stage fund to an $85 billion global powerhouse. It was a privilege to sit down with Doug and learn from him. We talk about his tough start at Sequoia, get into the technicalities of great go-to-market motions and survey his advice for other investors in the industry. A key theme…

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