And I said, “Well, it feels like this overnight success was 30 years in the making.” Roelof Botha:There’s a concept we talk about at Sequoia called the “timespan of discretion.” What is the time scale across which you operate? How do you stretch your imagination to make an endur...
My worst job was packing animal feed in a warehouse in Gloucestershire when I was a student. It was a very strange environment. It was hung heavy with oat dust, the place was infested with mice, and everyone who worked there was over 60, and I was 18. It was crazy. Apologies to any...