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It's harder than ever to build an enduring company. As soon as a product strikes a nerve with customers, competitors emerge globally because the costs to start are so low.

It's harder than ever to build an enduring company. As soon as a product strikes a nerve with customers, competitors emerge globally because the costs to start are so low.


Alfred Lin  Alfred Lin
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Alfred Lin is an American venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital.[2][3][4] Lin was the COO, CFO, and Chairman of Zappos.com until 2010.[5][6]

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Businesses are not just local or even national anymore - good ideas are immediately global. So the market opportunities are much larger than we've ever imagined or seen.

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 Tags: Good Ideas Opportunities Seen Just
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It would be great if companies could just magically know what I'm looking for on their website or what I'm coming to the website for.

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 Tags: Great Looking Know Website Coming
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As an immigrant, my wish is that we fix immigration. At Sequoia, we've backed a number of exceptional founders that were born abroad but started their careers in the Valley. They've created immense value, but more importantly, massive numbers of jobs locally, nationally and globally.

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 Tags: Value Wish Numbers Born More Fix
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It's harder than ever to build an enduring company. As soon as a product strikes a nerve with customers, competitors emerge globally because the costs to start are so low.

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 Tags: Start Build Company Product Because
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I think if companies start reinventing themselves and focus on the customer experience more, they will win out in the end.

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 Tags: Experience Focus Win End Start Will
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I wanted to be a venture capitalist and join Sequoia Capital. They've financed and helped built some really special and enormously successful companies, including Google, Yahoo, Paypal, YouTube, Cisco, Oracle, Apple, and also Zappos.

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 Tags: Apple Successful Special YouTube
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