Sequoia Capital: The Entrepreneur’s Entrepreneur
January 25th, 2007
There are some huge tech success stories around the world. Many that started with a few people with vision and now household names.
Steve Jobs with Apple Computer, Larry Ellison with Oracle, Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack were the brains behind Cisco Systems and Jerry Yang & David Filo made Yahoo! stratospheric. More recently, Larry Page and Sergey Brin made Google synonymous with search, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen did the same with YouTube and Online Video.
All these companies have been helped along by the capital corporation with the midas touch, Sequoia Capital. Without Sequoia Capital it is likely that Google and YouTube may have fallen to oblivion. They needed help to get off the ground. Genius only gets you so far. Money takes you to the next level. Not just money, but business acumen and experience in finding ‘the next big thing’.
Sequoia Capital have sunk money into many companies that have become hugely successful. After searching on Google, you discover that 10% of the value of the NASDAQ is made up of companies which have had some sort of business involvement with Sequoia Capital.
They promote themselves as the entrepreneurs behind the entrepreneurs.
The world of capital raising can be highly lucrative and very risky. And many capital raising companies raise capital for the sake of taking a cut. Sequoia Capital have backed their deep pockets up with great results. They have ensured that entrepreneurs are able to grow their dreams.
How many Google’s have we not seen? How many other tech nerds with a passion have missed out on a multi-billion fortune? Without the seed funding, and without the business guidance, where are these guys today with Page and Brin and Hurley and Chen?
Behind every great success story there is a depth that is rarely explained or mentioned. We see the end result, nothing else. Companies like Sequoia Capital make it happen.
The reason they are successful is because they are passionate and have a believe in the value of ‘The Idea’ and ‘The Culture’ underpinning the idea. In business, the support is what you need to succeed. That and billions of dollars.
January 28th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
There are many capital raising companies out there that have a good track record. SC have managed to scoop some biggies
January 29th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
It’s interesting when you go to their website, it is rather lacking in any glamour or glory, compared to the companies they helped build and fund.
January 30th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Google is not a glamourous looking website. Quite the opposite actually
February 2nd, 2007 at 8:43 am
Hello
Thanks you for the report,
February 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 am
Aleks76: I think it’s simplicity gave it glamour. Now it is starting to lose that with all its extra features.
February 2nd, 2007 at 5:54 pm
good to know, what make the successful,successfull.
cheers
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:46 am
Kojo: Sequoia Capital are just one part of the equation. There are many companies that had funding but failed miserably. Look at boo.com or in fact, read ‘Boo Hoo’ if you have the opportunity.