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Douglas Leone quotes: If I could press a button and have all of Sequoia Capital on the Midas List, I would choose to do that over a honoring a single individual.

If I could press a button and have all of Sequoia Capital on the Midas List, I would choose to do that over a honoring a single individual.

Douglas Leone quotes: I routinely make trips to China and India where we have offices to continue to maintain the linkages that are necessary to run a successful business.

I routinely make trips to China and India where we have offices to continue to maintain the linkages that are necessary to run a successful business.

Douglas Leone quotes: Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen.

Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen.

Douglas Leone quotes: There's a number of companies clearly that we wish we had invested in either at the early or at the moderate stage.

There's a number of companies clearly that we wish we had invested in either at the early or at the moderate stage.

Douglas Leone quotes: We look at the number of engineers coming out of India; we look at the growth of the economy, and it's clear that India is a place we want to

We look at the number of engineers coming out of India; we look at the growth of the economy, and it's clear that India is a place we want to be.

Douglas Leone quotes: We see China as a large market opportunity with similar cyclical economic cycles that occur throughout every economy.

We see China as a large market opportunity with similar cyclical economic cycles that occur throughout every economy.

Douglas Leone quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive.

The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive.

Douglas Leone quotes: Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for - not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking.

Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for - not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking.

Douglas Leone quotes: I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job.

I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job.

Douglas Leone quotes: Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out.

Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out.

Douglas Leone quotes: We want people who come from humble backgrounds and have a need to win.

We want people who come from humble backgrounds and have a need to win.

Douglas Leone quotes: I'll say this: I can't think of one instance in my 20 years in venture capital in which I have wanted to sell a company before the entrepreneur.

I'll say this: I can't think of one instance in my 20 years in venture capital in which I have wanted to sell a company before the entrepreneur.

Douglas Leone quotes: A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets.

A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets.

Douglas Leone quotes: Be incredibly, ruthlessly selfish with your equity.

Be incredibly, ruthlessly selfish with your equity.

Douglas Leone quotes: You have to be willing to risk things; otherwise, somebody else will put you out of business.

You have to be willing to risk things; otherwise, somebody else will put you out of business.

Douglas Leone quotes: If you start a successful company in China at 11 A.M., by 2 P.M. there's three more companies like it.

If you start a successful company in China at 11 A.M., by 2 P.M. there's three more companies like it.

Douglas Leone quotes: In a downturn, aggressive PR and communications strategy is key.

In a downturn, aggressive PR and communications strategy is key.

Douglas Leone quotes: We've tried to build Sequoia Capital with an eye for the long term that we really look for in the companies we like to partner with.

We've tried to build Sequoia Capital with an eye for the long term that we really look for in the companies we like to partner with.

Douglas Leone quotes: We like companies that can get big and powerful on $50 million or less and not two, three, four or five billion.

We like companies that can get big and powerful on $50 million or less and not two, three, four or five billion.