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March 26, 2004
SV day four
Today 10 of us visited Sequoia Capital, Benchmark and Battery Ventures. None of them have jobs, of course, so it was primarily informational. Much more interesting than the large tech companies of the first three days this week.
We met with partners at all of these firms and each gave us a very honest assessment of the vc industry, their firm and our chances of finding a job in the industry (zero). With only ten students it was extremely informal - all but Sequoia left the powerpoint for another day. It was interesting to see some of the philosophical differences between three successful vcs.
Posted by sam at March 26, 2004 01:48 AM
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so what were the philosophical differences? and how are they different from the large companies?
Posted by: mom at March 26, 2004 11:31 AM
One said that the market is more important than the team, cause you can always replace the team. Another said that the team is more important, that the right management team will eventually find a large market.
They're different from the large companies in that they didn't suck. After three days of visits to valley tech co's I'm amazed at how great SAP is as a place to work. Things like respect for work-life balance, appreciating diversity...
Posted by: sam at March 27, 2004 03:08 AM
That's the advantage of having a larger perspective. Interesting that SAP looks better to you now that you are away from it.
Isn't SAP a large company? Is it just the difference of being a European company?
Posted by: mom at March 29, 2004 03:41 PM