Sequoia founder Don Valentine "The art of storytelling is incredibly important"
Short excerpt from a YouTube video (recorded Feb 16, 2024) in which Sequoia founder Don Valentine stresses that storytelling is critically important for entrepreneurs. He says many entrepreneurs cannot tell a coherent story; learning to do so is essential because capital allocation (“how the money works”) depends on the stories. He describes how interviewers structure questions to let entrepreneurs explain their plans, timeline, competition, and funding needs in a non-threatening way.
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