Episode 7: YouTube

Ben and David test the widely-held belief that YouTube was one of
the most successful tech acquisitions of all time. In today's
world of next-generation video platforms, mobile video,
streaming, and chord-cutting, was it actually a great purchase by
Google? 


As discussed in the show, here is Sequoia's original YouTube
investment memo - a rarely-shared gold mine for anyone interested
in startup investing.


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