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Roelof BothaSequoia Capital: YouTube, Xoom, Green Dot, Dropbox, AdMob

Roelof Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital, where he works with financial services, cloud computing, bioinformatics, consumer internet, and consumer mobile companies. Before joining Sequoia in 2003, he served as PayPal’s CFO and as a consultant for McKinsey & Company.

In discussing Sequoia Capital’s partnerships with YouTube, AdMob, Green Dot, and Dropbox, Roelof offers insight into the characteristics of special entrepreneurs and their start-ups. I love how Roelof translates successful operating and venture experience into identifying promising ideas.

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