The next time someone says your metrics charts are "music to their ears," be sure to press the play button. 😏 Introducing Statsig's musical charts. 🎶🐰🥚
Work at a startup? Then start thinking about what you can do to make your team win. Your compensation, quality of experience, and career trajectory depend on it.
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's journey to building an utterly beloved platform. 20m+ users, an effusive global community and a bold / steadfast mission of making toolmaking ubiquitous.
40 years ago, computing pioneers thought everyone would make their own software. Today just 0.34% of the world are developers.
Learn how @ivanhzhao, @akothari & @simonlast are building @NotionHQ to change our relationship with computers and software. https://sequoiacap.com/article/notion-spotlight/…
We are entering a new era of human-machine co-creation. If we allow ourselves to dream, then it’s easy to imagine a future where Generative AI is deeply embedded in how we work, create and play. 👽🤠
Excited to share our musings on the space here:
I can fully believe she's saying this. Brie has been a founder whisperer and now she's building the product that will help scale her wisdom & magic touch on company culture. Congrats
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m starting a company.
I’m building something for teams that have found themselves hankering for more of that “we’re all in this together feeling” lately.
Full scoop on what I’m dreaming up:
https://constellate.team
"What if it goes right? We're in the business of investing. We're not in the business of not investing. Assume for a second it goes right, what could you imagine this being?" — @roelofbotha quoting Mike Moritz https://youtu.be/EeuYiBMdnD4
Highly recommend this fantastic episode - it is full of wisdom spanning psychology, goal-setting, dreaming with founders and embracing risk. A wonderful window into
I had a wonderful conversation with @tferriss about growing up in South Africa, my path to entrepreneurship, and the @Sequoia approach to thinking long-term and building enduring companies. Listen here: https://tim.blog/2022/08/31/roelof-botha/…
$1 million plus a 7-week course on how to build a category-defining company.
Sequoia Capital partner Jess Lee talks to @emilychangtv about the firm's new seed-stage catalyst. https://trib.al/zcL2bRY
Hi internet, does anyone have strong connections at the Stanford or UCSF Memory Care Unit? A good friend’s dad has rapidly declining Alzheimers (just started a few months ago), and they can’t get an appointment until May 2023. They're worried they're going to lose him.
This year we unveiled Arc, Sequoia’s seed-stage catalyst that helps outlier founders build enduring, category-defining companies. Today, we’re thrilled to open applications for the first Arc Americas cohort. Apply here through July 13 https://sequoiacap.com/article/arc-americas-build-for-the-next-decade/…
🧠Fav tips include:
How to approach category creation [6:09]
What makes a great marketer [11:31]
How technical founders can find & vet a great marketers [24:58]
How HubSpot structures teams to enable PLG [33:02]
It is out and it is
I have wanted to have @dharmesh@HubSpot on the show for many years and we chat:
Angel Investing 101
Why Culture is a Product and how to build it.
The 3 stages of startup risk
And so much more https://thetwentyminutevc.com/dharmesh-shah/
She hates talking about herself, but @christinacaci@TrustVanta has one of the coolest founding stories, one of the best teams, and is building one of the most unique companies in SV (growth + unit economics + customer ROI).
The full story: https://readthegeneralist.com/briefing/vanta
is modernizing healthcare infrastructure and is hiring sales roles across the board: https://medallion.co/careers. Read more below about the massive opportunity for impact and DM me if you know someone who would be a great fit:
IRL for the 1st time in 2+ years as he regaled a group of founders with lessons learned from building & scaling HubSpot. He was on-brand humble throughout and 'twas a masterclass in leadership & storytelling
is here to support you from the very💡moment & far beyond.
📣 Introducing Arc: a catalyst for outlier founders 👇
Apply now for the European cohort (US coming soon): https://seq.vc/arc
Introducing Arc, a seed-stage catalyst for outlier founders.
15 companies
8 weeks
$1M up-front investment
Apply now for our European cohort (US coming soon) https://seq.vc/arc
Fifteen years ago, seeing An Inconvenient Truth was my wake-up call on climate. Today, it’s an enormous honor to welcome @AlGore as a @Watershed investor, and to chat with him about the joy of working on this problem every day: https://watershed.com/blog/al-gore-on-the-new-era-of-corporate-climate-action…
's 15 years of wisdom every day. Do you see how giddy he gets when he talks about the people in his orbit? PG is constantly observing, learning, and shining the spotlight onto others.
Saturday was my 15 year anniversary @sequoia... one of the things I love about Sequoia is getting to learn new things from amazing people, so here are 15 lessons from 15 people over 15 years... hope you enjoy!
Hug your head of Tax! Their world is crazy complex. @Anrok has arrived to automate sales tax, starting with SaaS companies like @fronthq@productboard and @trustvanta. We couldn’t be more excited to double down on our partnership with @_vltn, KG and @Mark_Goldberg_@IndexVentures twitter.com/_vltn/status/1…
crew for hosting us today and giving us the chance to brush off those IRL social skills and make new friends. What an impressive event & amazing collection of people!!
If you're a founder or work in sales, you need to listen to this podcast episode with @DannieHerz and @HarryStebbings.
https://thetwentyminutevc.com/dannie-herzberg/…
Dannie's the real deal. One of the best I've seen come through HubSpot (and now at Sequoia).
Plus, she gives great, cogent advice.