S8E1: Roelof Botha Doesn’t Believe in “the To...

David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, was the first person in his family to go to college. Born to blue-collar parents in Baltimore, Maryland, he didn't set out to be an investor. “I was always interest ...  Show more

Daniela Amodei and her brother Dario lead Anthropic, one of the world’s biggest and most influential AI companies. It wasn’t in her career plan. “I really think of myself as a generalist,” Amodei tells Gintare Zukauskaite, MBA ’26, in a conversation recorded live at Stanford Grad ...  Show more

Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha, one of Silicon Valley’s most highly respected investors, discusses his career, Sequoia’s unique culture and investment processes, and how he finds and builds enduring businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

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(0:00) Introducing Roelof Botha

(1:08) Sequoia's Scout program and its best-performing funds ever

(3:38) State of Venture Capital: Why it's broken, too much capital, not enough great companies

(9:01) Why Sequoia separated from its China business, how they ...

My guest today is Roelof Botha, a partner at one of the world’s oldest and most successful venture firms, Sequoia Capital. A few days ago before I sat down with Roelof, he announced Sequoia’s boldest innovation since the firm was founded by Don Valentine in the early 1970s. Going ...  Show more