sequoia capital: roelof botha at stanford's e-bootcamp 2011
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Roelof Botha's keynote from BASES Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (E-Bootcamp) at Stanford.TRANSCRIPT
Humble BeginningsTrue Entrepreneur Tales
Roelof Botha
Now
Then
Now
Then
2011
Steve Jobs
1976
Steve WozniakSteve Jobs
Consumer electronicsStage Sector Investment
Venture Technology $100K
2011
John Riccitiello
1982
Trip Hawkins
Consumer entertainment softwareStage Sector Investment
Venture Technology $900K
2011
John Chambers
1987
Sandy LernerLen Bosack
Networking networksStage Sector Investment
Venture Technology 1.9M
2011
Carol Bartz
1994
Jerry YangDavid Filo
Internet communications, commerce & mediaStage Sector Investment
Venture Internet 900K
2011
Larry Page
1998
Larry PageSergey Brin
Ultimate search engineStage Sector Investment
Venture Internet 6M
2011
Scott Thompson
1998
Peter ThielElon Muskv
Digital payments servicesStage Sector Investment
Financial 3.7M
Max Levchin
2011
Tony Hsieh
1999
Nick Swinmurn
Shoe retail servicesStage Sector Investment
Growth Internet 1.1M
2011
Jeff Weiner
2003
Reid Hoffman
Business social networking servicesStage Sector Investment
Venture Internet 4M
2011
Steve ChenChad Hurley
2005
Steve ChenChad HurleyJawed Karim
Internet mediaStage Sector Investment
Venture Internet 3.5M
2011
Omar Hamoui
2006
Omar Hamoui
Mobile advertising marketplace servicesStage Sector Investment
Venture Mobile 3.3M
Commonalities - Yesterday
Commonalities - Today
The Creative Process
Imagination PerseveranceInitiative
✔ Underdogs
✔ Insight
✔ Personal
✔ Focused
✔ Unconventional
✔ Iterate
✔ Agility
✔ Relentless
✔ Long-term
The Founders Code™
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
They Were Once in Your Shoes
Welcome to
eBootcamp Class of
2011
Thank You