Adapting Episode 2: Sequoia’s Black Swan Memo (with Roelof Botha)

On March 5th 2020, Sequoia Capital published a Medium post
entitled ‘Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020’. The memo minces
no words, admonishing founders & CEOs to “question every
assumption about your business”, and portends that “as Darwin
surmised, those who [will] survive ‘are not the strongest or the
most intelligent, but the most adaptable to change.’” We’re
joined by longtime Sequoia partner and head of the firm’s US
business Roelof Botha to discuss on what Sequoia saw leading up
to the memo and why they decided to publish it, how they and
their portfolio companies are adapting to the new world it warned
of, and what lasting changes might come to Sequoia itself from
this moment. For anyone facing hard decisions and/or looking for
ways to think about opportunity, this is not one to miss. 





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Links:


The Black Swan Memo:
 https://medium.com/sequoia-capital/coronavirus-the-black-swan-of-2020-7c72bdeb9753 

The COVID-19 Decision Matrix:
 https://medium.com/sequoia-capital/the-matrix-for-covid-19-c25bd5195f46