Douglas Leone

Douglas Leone Quotes

United States, Venture Capitalist
July 4, 1957

Douglas M. Leone (born July 4, 1957) is an American billionaire venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital.

more

Our business is all about helping someone - a founder, a CEO - building a great business. It's not about seeing our names in the press.

Douglas Leone
- Great
- Business
We have co-opted seed funds. You know, Y Combinator, that was completely our money. We have secret handshakes with a whole bunch of people. Very dangerous, because word gets out that so-and-so's money is Sequoia's money, that would not be a good thing.

Douglas Leone
- People
- Good
- Money

The trick is, a market has to be nonexistent when you start. If the market is large early on, you will have too many competitors. You have to make it large.

Douglas Leone