Sequoia Accelerator

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At pioneer square labs we've started 31 companies now in our studio different model. We're a big Glorified co-founder. There are some investors that have a problem with it. I think the people that Don't like it don't realize that and they look at it like oh, you're just running a fund. This is why this is so important Like generational transfer is when these Yes shifts happen.

First, Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal from Acquired join Jason to talk portfolio construction (13:41), Roelof Botha succeeding Doug Leone at Sequoia (30:58), and to debate the takeaway from Fast's demise (52:22). Then Lon Harris from Inside Streaming joins to discuss the final two episodes of The Dropout (1:24:16)!

(00:00) Jason intros today’s show
(1:31) Catching up w/ the http://acquired.fm guys: David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert
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(13:41) Ben on investing in tech
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(22:46) How David thinks about his capital allocation
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(30:58) Talking about Doug Leone’s retirement
(52:22) Talking about the elephant in the room: Fast.co shutdown
(1:24:16) Talking with Lon Harris about the finale of “The Dropout”

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