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Company Memos

Sequoia Capital’s “RIP: Good Times” Powerpoint

October 10, 2008

Top Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital has been meeting with its portfolio companies and laying out a bleak overview for the world economy. This presentation — obtained by VentureBeat — details what went wrong with the economy and how Sequoia’s upstart companies can survive.

Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn
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Starring: Sequoia Capital
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Discussion

  1. October 12 at 9:53 am
    j00:

    now i know the good times are definitely over because some old white guys are passing around powerpoints with pictures of dead pigs with knives in them

  2. October 16 at 3:24 am
    Raza:

    is off-shoring going to be silver bullet for this problem ? It might not be, but it will definitely help reduce operational costs for these startups.

    http://www.confiz.com
    your offshore development partner

  3. October 16 at 8:12 pm
    Adbrite becomes a fucked company | Idiot Inc.:

    [...] ). This move isn’t that surprising given that Adbrite’s VC firm is Sequoia “RIP: Good Times” Capital, but a headcount reduction of this size is a pretty desperate [...]

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