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.
In a globalized world, one application can spread like wildfire and there's only one winning company, which means you have to invest more than you've ever had.
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.
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.
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.
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.
