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Roelof Botha [1973-0] South African

Rank: 106
Businessman, Venture capitalist

Roelof F. Botha is a venture capitalist and company director. By training, he is a qualified actuary.
Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital and currently sits on the boards of Jawbone, Eventbrite, Evernote, Mahalo, Natera, Nimbula, Square, Tokbox, Tumblr, Weebly, Unity, Whisper and Xoom.

Quote	Tags	Rank
I am sure innovation will blossom around the world, given that the Internet and mobile platforms enable innovators anywhere in the world to reach a global market with ease.		101
Social enables word of mouth at an unprecedented scale. Its most powerful effect, through reviews and recommendations, is to put product quality and value for money as the key to success in commerce. Social brings a level of transparency that prevents marketers from advertising their way to success without underlying product quality.		102
If you are in Mountain View, you don't resonate with the needs of urban dwellers. Tumblr couldn't have emerged in Sunnyvale.		103
I try getting in front of as many opportunities as possible, but in the late '90s, I had no idea that I'd end up being CFO of a technology company. I'd no idea what venture capital was.		104
It's important to choose initial investors who are not twitchy and rushing for an exit. Wall Street's quarter-by-quarter lens may make the CEO make sub-optimal long-term decisions.		105
Money was invented for a reason. We've seen people try to use beans, etc. and it doesn't work.		106
At Sequoia, we have opened offices in China and India, and we have made a handful of investments in Latin America/Brazil.		107
You have to put yourself in a position to be lucky.		108
Israel has incredible entrepreneurial spirit and a deep bench of technology talent.		109
You don't want to be the site that people should use. You want to be the site they can't stop using.		110
I think of myself as just another consumer.		111

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