To say it outright, even the most talented person in the world won’t do well here if they don’t have an interest in helping other people grow and succeed. The question you will be held most accountable for isn’t “how have you gotten better” it's “how did you make someone else better?” Better yet, how have you made the collective, the team, better?

I think that the aspiration for Sequoia is not to be like a golf team. Everyone hit their ball, add up their scores, see what we get. It's the aspirations to be a basketball team. Either we win or we lose as a team. I think that the manifestation though, demanding and supportive, it's oftentimes on one side of the spectrum or the other. I don't... See more

• Elite performers in high pressure arenas - global financial markets, World Cup and Champions League, and the AI race.


• Deep belief in data and information advantage - alpha through data-driven analysis at Point72, analytics-driven innovation in media and sports management at Kosmos, and the real-time knowledge engine at Perplexity.


• Mastery of

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“How do you choose those 10 people?” One way is to choose people who are 10 times better than everyone else, who can produce 10 times more, and who will be 10 times more valuable to the business. The other way is to choose people based on whether you enjoy working with them, if they make you better, or if they help you express your voice, taste, or... See more

Never underestimate how much people just want to be on a winning team.