Category: Personal Mike Moritz of Sequoia, Techstars and Ali G
This past week has been quite fun. I was in Denver hanging with Devin, Josh Spear and spoke to the Techstars about marketing, community and product development. Thanks to David Cohen and Matt G for getting me out there. A growing start up community is happening out in Boulder and I am looking forward to some cool things. Brief blurb from David about me there. Note: It is surprisingly positive about me;)
I got to attend the SD Forum visionary awards. This was an amazing event with great people there: Mike Moritz who funded eBay, YouTube, Paypal, Google and most of the big name startups; Walt Mossberg the influential WSJ reporter; Trip Hawkins who founded Electronic Arts; Craig McCaw who helped make Nextel and sold McCaw Communications to AT&T for 12 BILLION dollars.
Sometimes I get anti-social but it was a great event that Aaron of Box.net fame was too kind to bring me to. One of the more memorable things was going into Heidi Rosen’s Casbah room. Also, I got a chance to talk with Mike Moritz who I had no idea was from Wales, has a great accent and even knows who Ali G is. One other cool thing I confirmed was that anytime an employee from Sequoia Capital is late for a meeting with an entrepreneur, even a minute, they have to pay $100 to charity.
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15 Responses to “Mike Moritz of Sequoia, Techstars and Ali G”
June 22nd, 2007
12:01 pm
Mogul in the making! Good work man. Probably these oldtimers are asking each other ‘who is that Noah chap that keeps popping up everywhere we go?’
June 22nd, 2007
2:06 pm
Wow, Mogul in the making, indeed. Congrats
btw, did u know that Chipotle first got started in Denver…
speaking of Ali G., this is one of my favorite Ali G. clips:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P842Tmi6lrc
RESPECT!
June 22nd, 2007
2:11 pm
Guess who went to the first Chipotle last weekend. That was one my main priorities.
June 22nd, 2007
5:34 pm
ummm….I believe that you were hanging out with Devin, Josh Spear, the Techstars, AND RACHEL.
you better watch it or I’ll uninstall those applications…
June 22nd, 2007
5:36 pm
Rachel,
I was going to put your name but I had nothing to link it to….
June 22nd, 2007
8:06 pm
if I were Eric Cartman, my response to the above explanation would definitely be, “Weak.”
For future reference, all Rachel inquiries can be directed here…
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/perfection
June 22nd, 2007
8:16 pm
Nerds. Thanks for coming out.. do it again.
June 22nd, 2007
10:15 pm
[...] buddy Noah came out to visit last weekend (as he mentioned). He wasn’t here to see me but he did live on my couch. Here’s a Flickr set documenting [...]
June 23rd, 2007
2:54 am
Mike Moritz is Welsh - brilliant - next time you meet let me know and I’ll give you some stuff to say to him
Peace
DK
June 23rd, 2007
12:28 pm
Hey Noah — look my first comment — well actually a correction. I think Roelof Botha at Sequoia funded YouTube not Mike Moritz. http://www.sequoiacap.com/people/roelof-botha/
Must have a been a really great event.
June 23rd, 2007
1:52 pm
Congrats Samidha on losing your okdork comment virginity
June 23rd, 2007
7:05 pm
You never cease to amaze me. Who do you not know or have not met, the president?
When are you coming to the DC area, I can take you out for a burrito at a local joint called Anitas, good eats!
Will
June 25th, 2007
7:35 am
NIce networking Noah,
Did you know that Mike Moritz wrote the first book about the origins of Apple Computers back in 1984? Its called The Little Kingdom and it looks like a really good read.
The best blurb that I have heard about his style is from the English Guardian which says;
“Michael Moritz has a few simple rules for investing in internet start-ups: look for people who are pursuing their own ideas for doing something better; prefer youth to maturity; ignore business plans looking a few years ahead; and avoid anyone wearing Armani T-shirts, loafers with no socks or who uses words like ’synergy’, ‘no-brainer’ or ’slam-dunk’.”
That cracks me up!! Here is that article in full;
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1922618,00.html
June 27th, 2007
10:03 am
[...] it seems Sequoia Capital is trying to do something about the former. The Silicon Valley powerhouse requires staffers to make a $100 charitable donation when late to an entrepreneur meeting — even if it’s only by a minute (no word on who [...]
August 10th, 2007
4:48 pm
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