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This one page succinctly conveys what any entrepreneur should think when building a startup be at starting phase or fundraising phase. Btw, Sequoia has one of
by dm8 14y ago
This one page succinctly conveys what any entrepreneur should think when building a startup be at starting phase or fundraising phase.
Btw, Sequoia has one of the best "about us" page (http://www.sequoiacap.com/about http://www.sequoiacap.com/about). It's focused on their customers (showing entrepreneur's pictures in early days and how they serve entrepreneurs) rather than glorifying their ninja investing skills.
- 6ren 14y agoWe could not find the page you requested. That's what I'm getting from clicking that link. (They have "China" left of the search bar at the top - maybe because I'm in Australia, they think I'm in China, and so don't show the /about.) Also, their "Meebo Bar" almost completely obscures their links at the bottom of the page. Most of the ideas advice is obvious-but-good-to-be-reminded-of, apart from "Rich Customers". That is one legitimate approach (and fair enough if that's what Sequoia wants) - but it's not appropriate for all startups. Another approach is to target (1) a niche market (2) with no money (3) to do something that doesn't matter. pg argues that's how Facebook, Microsoft and Apple began http://paulgraham.com/swan.html http://paulgraham.com/swan.html It seems likely that most revolutionary startups began this way (especially when the customer doesn't feel pain); whereas incremental startups address rich people's problems.