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Have we talked about sequoia recently? https://web.archive.org/web/20221027181005/https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/sam-bankman-fried-spotlight/ https://web.a
by nytesky 3y ago
Have we talked about sequoia recently?
https://web.archive.org/web/20221027181005/https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/sam-bankman-fried-spotlight/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221027181005/https://www.sequo...
- kgwgk 3y agoThey were deliberately misled and lied to - there’s nothing they could have done to prevent that! https://twitter.com/Alfred_Lin/status/1720240388311810382 https://twitter.com/Alfred_Lin/status/1720240388311810382
- tiahura 3y agoI’m at a loss for how to process that tweet. Is he just completely incapable of reading the room, or is it a lvl 10 cynical FU?
- nytesky 3y agoHonestly my completely outside the valley impression is that VC operates a lot on pedigree and connections. SBF has an impeccable pedigree, so the thought that he was a Michael Fenne type was never even considered. Why would he lie, when he could live an honest life and be fabulously rich and comfortable (Jane St, wealthy connected parents, etc)
- FFP999 3y agoNot too different from the case of Elizabeth Holmes, when you frame it like that.
- 300bps 3y agoI knew the embarrassment level was going to be turned up to 11 when your link was to archive.org.
- AutumnCurtain 3y agoWow. Hagiographic would be an understatement