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Nearly 5 years ago, I left VC to build a holdco focused on acquiring and tech-enabling traditional businesses. Ultimately, I failed, but here's what I learned about the potential that exists -- and some hard truths I uncovered along the way...↗

·@_markvaldez·Nov 21, 2024·essay·business·entrepreneurship·lessons·vc

Saturday was my 15 year anniversary @sequoia... one of the things I love about Sequoia is getting to learn new things from amazing people, so here are 15 lessons from 15 people over 15 years... hope you enjoy!↗

In 2004 I got the opportunity to work with Jeff Bezos to develop the original Kindle. It was Amazon’s first foray into hardware and I learned a ton from my interactions with Jeff. Here’s some of the stories and lessons that I took away from that experience:↗

·@DanRose999·Jul 28, 2020·essay·amazon·hardware·jeffbezos·kindle