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Pat Grady
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Pat Grady
@gradypb
Sequoia partner, BC alum, Wyoming native
Saturday was my 15 year anniversary @sequoia... one of the things I love about Sequoia is getting to learn new things from amazing people, so here are 15 lessons from 15 people over 15 years... hope you enjoy!- With immense gratitude and appreciation for @roelofbotha and his legendary leadership over the better part of a decade, @Alfred_Lin and I are honored to accept the torch and become the next stewards of @sequoia Here is the note I shared internally:
A new generation of Sequoia stewards - 1/ my partners @sequoia like to tell a story about how we had this brilliant SaaS thesis that led us to Fred Luddy, founder of @ServiceNow... but the truth is that we pinged him because it was a company, and my job was to find companies. here is the actual CRM record, starting
- 1/ We @sequoia have always said that we’re only as good as our next investment. It’s also true that we’re only as good as our next generation @Alfred_Lin and I get to work with the best generation yet:
- If you want to build a Snowflake-sized company, he says, you can’t be about the celeb-CEO lifestyle. “That’s not real life,” he says. “Real life is you’re terrorized and uncomfortable every day of the week."Replying to @sequoiaYou don't take 3 companies public in 20 years without being in a class of your own. So when @SnowflakeDB's Frank Slootman gives advice to founders, it's wise to listen. For starters, he says, hire troublemakers. sequoiacap.com/article/frank-…
- This tweet expresses a personal view. I’m not very vocal on twitter and I’m sure this tweet will piss people off… but if you’re looking for drama, this is probably not it. This will be very disappointing to people with extreme views of any kind - and that’s sort of the
- 1/ The startup community lost a legend today
- We @sequoia believe @harvey__ai has a chance to become the defining application layer AI company of this generation. Founders @winstonweinberg and @gabepereyra both run a sub-five minute mile. Are these two things related? No, not as far as I can tell. But it's a fun fact!😁
- *** warning: narrative violation *** turns out people actually use this stuff!
The @harvey__ai platform averages ~70% utilization / retention even after a year for firm wide rollouts to the largest pro-serv providers. Many of the largest law firms in the world are >90%. harvey.ai/blog/a-new-era… - "An IPO is like a high school graduation. It’s a big deal at the time, but there is a lot of work to do after the party is over... no one wants to be the person who peaked in high school!" congrats on one heck of a high school graduation @ericsyuan and @zoom_us !"My journey with Zoom began with a desire for the independence to build something that would make users happy, a true video-first unified communications platform. This #IPO is us shouting out loud to the world ..." - @ericsyuan [Blog Post] >> bit.ly/2Um3JIl << #MeetHappy
- Ok Twitter… who should we hire in NYC?Will more venture capital firms relocate to New York? trib.al/LJoXnWl
