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Roelof Botha
@roelofbotha
@Sequoia partner @PayPal CFO before. Working with entrepreneurs from idea to IPO and beyond: @nateragenetics @Instagram @MongoDB @Square @Unity3D @YouTube
Menlo Park, CA
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    Roelof Botha
    @roelofbotha
    Dec 14, 2024
    I am seeing more examples of regulatory agencies rushing to impose penalties and restrictions on companies before the upcoming change in administration. Their behavior betrays their illegitimacy. Pervasive and capricious regulatory overreach is strangling the US economy.
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    Roelof Botha
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    Jul 22, 2024
    Important humanitarian update
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    Matthew Rabinowitz
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    Jul 22, 2024
    X is valuable for information like this which is not picked up in mainstream media’s polarizing narrative. Updated analysis of trucks into Gaza shows remarkable aid donations achieved an average of 3,520 calories per person daily, placing Gaza roughly in the top 30 of 187
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    Roelof Botha
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    Oct 4, 2024
    US government spending has increased a whopping 44% since the beginning of 2020. Many companies tightened belts after 2022 (and are performing better as a result!), yet government spending continues unabated. We now have a deficit level is the US that exceeds all historic norms,
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    Roelof Botha
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    Nov 18, 2019
    After being a customer of @BankofAmerica for 20 years, I received this notice today that they decided to fire me as their customer! With absolutely no explanation....
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    Roelof Botha
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    Oct 26, 2021
    Today is a crucible moment in @sequoia’s journey. The traditional 10-year fund cycle of VC has become obsolete. Enter: The Sequoia Fund. It removes all artificial time horizons on how long we can partner with companies. (1/3)
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    The Sequoia Capital Fund: Patient Capital for Building Enduring Companies
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    Roelof Botha
    @roelofbotha
    Jul 19, 2025
    I just received notice from @ChubbNA that they are unwilling to renew insurance for my home in California. Markets fail when price ceilings prevent markets from clearing. The CA government's complete mismanagement of its insurance industry is leading to this widespread failure
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    Roelof Botha
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    Nov 4, 2025
    At @sequoia we have a long-standing tradition of stewardship and working together as an intergenerational partnership to serve founders and LPs. Today it's my turn to entrust the next generation of Sequoia's leadership to @Alfred_Lin and @gradypb. I'm proud of our incredible team
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    Sequoia Capital
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    Nov 4, 2025
    A new generation of Sequoia stewards
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    Roelof Botha
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    Oct 31, 2025
    We @sequoia are launching our latest seed and venture funds to help founders build tomorrow’s legendary companies. With the AI revolution, there’s never been a more exciting time to be a founder. The most iconic companies we’ve backed were built by outliers: visionaries who saw
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    Roelof Botha
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    Jan 10, 2025
    Price floors and ceilings disrupt the orderly operation of markets. The impact of Milei’s dismantling of rent control in Buenos Aires were stunning: supply of rental properties more than doubled and real rents fell 40%. Despite the mountain of evidence of the damage caused by
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    Roelof Botha
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    Oct 15, 2020
    The NYT's adoption of a subscription business model is a Faustian Bargain. Revenue predictability was traded for balanced reporting. The newspaper's incentive is no longer truth seeking, but to build an echo chamber catering to the previously held beliefs of its existing audience
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    Roelof Botha
    @roelofbotha
    Jun 30, 2024
    Excited to try the new Starlink mini! @SpaceX @elonmusk @Starlink
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    Roelof Botha
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    Oct 14, 2025
    Don Valentine taught me an important lesson early on at @sequoia: founders who truly change the world are exceptional and perhaps not always easy to get along with. Thanks @Jason @friedberg @chamath & @DavidSacks for inviting me to share this learning and more on @theallinpod
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    Roelof Botha
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    Oct 1, 2020
    A few years ago, companies started to track the % of their employees "not in SF" given the clear headwinds of operating in such a business-unfriendly city. Now, the trickle has turned into a torrent: companies are relocating whole-scale.
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    Roelof Botha
    @roelofbotha
    Jul 21, 2024
    I asked surgeon at post-op on Friday whether I could return to work on Monday. He replied that he only ever got this question from patients in Silicon Valley #workethic
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