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Sequoia deleted the original puff piece. But it was telling of how they fawned over him. SBF was a golden boy, an ivy league elite child of Stanford compliance

Sequoia deleted the original puff piece. But it was telling of how they fawned over him. SBF was a golden boy, an ivy league elite child of Stanford compliance lawyers. And the article gushing over Sam playing League during a pitch is just icing on the cake. Where I come from, it's a sign of disrespect, but Sequoia saw it as some clue into his genius intelligence.

zaptrem 4y ago
Do you have a link to an archive of the OG piece?
- TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
  https://archive.ph/qFJJN#selection https://archive.ph/qFJJN#selection
ilrwbwrkhv 4y ago
Sequoia and other VCs should be investigated. They are all as guilty in this.
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  I think that’s overstepping. Investigated for what? Investors are allowed to lose money. If you mean that Sequoia was complicit in fraud, that’s a claim that would need reasonable suspicion before an investigation, not after. Right now it looks like they lost money along with all the other investors, and they were all investing in good faith. If we punish investors, that would have a devastating effect on the startup ecosystem. And that ecosystem is one of the US’s main advantages.
  - huslage 4y ago
    If the investors fund scams, then they are just as responsible for the consequences. They don’t live above the law. Startups that exist to launder money should not exist. That is not innovation.
    - piyushpr134 4y ago
      Exactly. Imagine if a wealthy person were to fund a terrorist to harm people, won't the wealthy person also be called a terrorist? The money these vcs invest is not their own either. They get this money from their lps. Lp should also investigate them...and so should the government. Funding scam boys cannot go unscathed. At leat shut them down
likecarter 4y ago
Even funnier is that Sam is Bronze 2 in LOL. (Very low for those that don't play LOL).
- erulabs 4y ago
  Sequoia rejected me wearing my best blazer because I chuckled when they asked my plan to make 100B - I should have just said I was a diamond support, eh? Haha
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zaptrem 4y ago

Do you have a link to an archive of the OG piece?

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
https://archive.ph/qFJJN#selection https://archive.ph/qFJJN#selection

ilrwbwrkhv 4y ago

Sequoia and other VCs should be investigated. They are all as guilty in this.

sillysaurusx 4y ago
I think that’s overstepping. Investigated for what? Investors are allowed to lose money. If you mean that Sequoia was complicit in fraud, that’s a claim that would need reasonable suspicion before an investigation, not after. Right now it looks like they lost money along with all the other investors, and they were all investing in good faith. If we punish investors, that would have a devastating effect on the startup ecosystem. And that ecosystem is one of the US’s main advantages.
- huslage 4y ago
  If the investors fund scams, then they are just as responsible for the consequences. They don’t live above the law. Startups that exist to launder money should not exist. That is not innovation.
  - piyushpr134 4y ago
    Exactly. Imagine if a wealthy person were to fund a terrorist to harm people, won't the wealthy person also be called a terrorist? The money these vcs invest is not their own either. They get this money from their lps. Lp should also investigate them...and so should the government. Funding scam boys cannot go unscathed. At leat shut them down

likecarter 4y ago

Even funnier is that Sam is Bronze 2 in LOL. (Very low for those that don't play LOL).

erulabs 4y ago
Sequoia rejected me wearing my best blazer because I chuckled when they asked my plan to make 100B - I should have just said I was a diamond support, eh? Haha
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