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Adapting Episode 2: Sequoias Black Swan Memo (with Roelof Botha)

Published: March 31, 2020, 4:14 a.m.

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On March 5th 2020, Sequoia Capital published a Medium post entitled \\u2018Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020\\u2019. The memo minces no words, admonishing founders & CEOs to \\u201cquestion every assumption about your business\\u201d, and portends that \\u201cas Darwin surmised, those who [will] survive \\u2018are not the strongest or the most intelligent, but the most adaptable to change.\\u2019\\u201d We\\u2019re joined by longtime Sequoia partner and head of the firm\\u2019s US business Roelof Botha to discuss on what Sequoia saw leading up to the memo and why they decided to publish it, how they and their portfolio companies are adapting to the new world it warned of, and what lasting changes might come to Sequoia itself from this moment. For anyone facing hard decisions and/or looking for ways to think about opportunity, this is not one to miss.\\xa0

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