Doug Leone is one of a kind. Here he explains @sequoia's hiring philosophy in 65 seconds: “If you’re desperate, it’s a great asset.” “We look for highly imperfect human beings […] the quirky kids, if you will […] not the quarterback of the football team or the female equivalent of that, but people who have a bit of an edge, people who have something to prove, people who need to win.” Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
My conversation with @dougleone, partner at @sequoia. 0:00 How to Dominate for Decades 3:17 Turning Fear Into a Tailwind 5:40 Immigrant Drive, Hard Work & the Beach Club 12:19 Simplifying Life & Choosing Discomfort 14:37 The Homeless Sequoia Partner With No Plan B 16:49 Stepping Down, Coming Back & Starting Over 20:04 Why AI Is Different From Every Previous Technology Shift 22:13 Doug's Three Investment Heuristics 23:52 The Cost of Selling Great Companies Too Early 25:39 Helping Founders Turn Products Into Businesses 28:28 David Vélez, Nubank & the Psychology of Founder Support 32:25 Why Founders Must Remain the Soul of the Company 36:13 Torturing Yourself Into Greatness 39:57 Don Valentine, Succession & the Sequoia School of Hard Knocks 44:28 Staying Grounded & Developing a Sniffer for People 47:46 Hypercompetitive With a Heart of Gold 50:13 Fred Luddy, Israeli Founders & Radical Directness 52:28 Trust Is the Accelerant of Business 59:57 Starting From Zero & Hunting for the Next Great Founder 1:05:59 Architect Your Board Like Your Product 1:10:24 Truth, Disagreement & the Art of Difficult Feedback 1:13:43 Humanity, Introversion & the Value of Relationships 1:18:18 What Doug Learned From Michael Moritz Includes paid partnerships.
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I'm super curious if revolut gets accepted in the US. One constant around all the charter rejections have been the fact they were all international aplicants trying to come to the US market?
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been a brutal few weeks. lots of rumors circulating and internal drama. im excited to start clearing stuff up, reveal the story, and clear my name, starting with this article. honestly, mistakes were made. we trusted wrong advisors, mms, and folks going into a bear market. i personally trusted opportunistic administrators who acted as shadow decision makers behind the decisions with their own financial motives. these same representatives are the ones who broker deals, run financial treasuries, make hires, and "negotiate deals" behind the scenes while letting others take the blame. founders: please work with reputable firms that don't run their own agendas - their job is paperwork, not negotiations. movement has deviated far from the dream i had and it hurts me to see it like this. however, im still hopeful for the future of the ecosystem and helping our builders is largely where my current role is. the foundation team has appointed a team to handle operations on the token side and i get to go back to what i love doing. few bullets: 1) i have not personally OTC'd or sold a penny. movement was raising venture rounds and like other funding rounds, i was the primary fundraiser. any capital formed was via that route for the growth of the movement ecosystem. 2) any MM decisions were approved and supported by the entire foundation team. there were bad parties involved that corrupted the process (by representing both sides to profit) and the team is in the process of investigating. more to come soon. 3) i do not have any additional projects or advisories. the same "legal" folks are the ones spreading misinformation to the anons. i only have movement + angel bags. im sure the anons will have fun with this piece and would love nothing more to see movement go to zero. i hope for a future where movement comes back united and stronger than ever. the core team will still be here with movedrop this week, defi incentives kicking off a vibrant ecosystem, and movement NFTs hitting all time highs. gmove.
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movedrop should be asap* - info coming out shortly
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For @movementlabsxyz Spring 🌱 ✅DEXes: @InterestDEX , liquidswap, @meridian_money @Movedrome @YuzuFinance ✅Swap: @mosaicagg @routexio ✅Borrow/Lend: @EchelonMarket , Joule , @LayerBankFi @MovePosition ✅Yields: @ArcheProtocol @canopyxyz @PicWeGlobal @mirage_protocol
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Meridian featured pools - earn more with your liquidity: → USDT/USDC: 25.12% APR → MOVE/USDC: 87.75% APR Start farming: app.meridian.money/pools
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rushi retweeted
The @movementlabsxyz chain is on fire!🔥 Since April 14, user growth has skyrocketed by 806%, hitting a record 6,184 unique addresses on April 25.📈 More active users join daily, fueling this unstoppable rise!🚀
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some of the best yields in crypto now on @canopyxyz
Honestly, this annualized return is really terrifying, check it out on Canopy. ➡️ app.canopyhub.xyz/explore
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Crazy APR move spring at @canopyxyz If you already join movedrop for use LBTC. you must withdraw and restake there. After that you get chance stack $MOVE
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rushi retweeted
When we hit $1M last month, $30M felt like a far-off dream. Today, what once seemed distant has become reality. As Movement DeFi Spring begins to bloom, so does our journey ahead. Just the beginning. GMOVE.
wrapping up Movarch imagine $250M+ Cornucopia Bridge. MoveDrop. Parthenon V2 . . .🚀
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move defi looking good here
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good APYs on @meridian_money
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hold up… did movement just: – cross 2m txs – drop $250m in incentives – prep cornucopia – onboard head of institutional capital – cook nfts – and prep movedrop this april? @movementlabsxyz spring got that global liquidity aura.
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Nightly users on movement ATH
$200M TVL. top 35 chains by TVL. top 20 imminent. movedrop imminent, cornocopia imminent, defi spring imminent. more to come from the squad.
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$200M TVL. top 35 chains by TVL. top 20 imminent. movedrop imminent, cornocopia imminent, defi spring imminent. more to come from the squad.
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We’re excited to announce Sunflower Capital Funds I and II. Sunflower is a $250m fund that partners at the earliest stage with companies building foundations for modern enterprises, critical industries, and the physical world.
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You don’t want to miss out on these juicy yields 🫨
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