TRUTH ABOUT RAISING VENTURE CAPITAL

Don.Sheu@ThreeMice.net@ulysseas

French born, naturalized as US citizen

Founded American Research and Development

Invested in DEC

AT THE BEGINNING

Hewlett Packard founded in garage

Symbolic founders of Silicon Valley

Name decided by a coin toss

SILICON VALLEY

SILICON VALLEY

Fairchild Traitorous Eight

Eugene Kleiner formerly of Fairchild & Tom Perkins student of Georges Doriot found Kleiner Perkins

VENTURE CAPITAL BACKGROUND

LINEAGE TO TRAITOROUS EIGHT

Same year 1972, Don Valentine founds Sequoia Capital

THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW

VENTURE CAPITAL BACKGROUND

WHAT CHANGED

VENTURE CAPITAL BACKGROUND

OPEN SOURCE TOOLS

BUILD IT THEY WILL COME

MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCT

ACT THE BEAUTY QUEEN

GAIN TRACTION FAST

COMMIT COMPLETELY