October 2011
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Three pieces of advice that Dropbox’s Drew Houston gives young entrepreneurs (Sequoia Capital became Drew and Arash’s first business partner in 2007): 1) Everything starts small 2) Get out of your comfort zone 3) Stack the odds in your favor 
Oct 31st
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“Starting a company requires you to become oddly unemotional. That means dumping fear of failure, dumping fear of judgement, dumping the desire to impress anyone.” Max Levchin, Paypal Co-founder (Sequoia Capital got into business with Max in ‘99 at PayPal)
Oct 31st
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“Sequoia Capital’s 40 years of experience shows us that today is a spectacular time to start a company.” Jim Goetz at Y Combinator’s 7th Annual Start-up School 
Oct 31st
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3 from Fortune's 40 under 40 =Drew Houston & Arash... →
Oct 20th
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Oct 18th
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Evernote in Fortune Magazine: Making the Whole World Smarter
Oct 12th
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Summing up Square
2B in Payments + 800K Merchants Signed Up= Square http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/10/square-processing-2b-in-payments-per-year-signed-up-800k-merchants-drops-new-user-limits
Oct 12th
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Oct 3rd
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