Will Y Combinator taking Sequoia investment hurt the YC companies?
jasonmcalacanis: As a Sequoia company I can tell you that if you have the chance to take their money do it. Quickly.Being an SC company has given Mahalo a HUGE advantage... let me count the ways:1. We got a much higher valuation on our Series B.2. We get constant pings from VC firms that like to follow SC.3. We get a constant flow of potential team members who want to work for company that is backed by the company that invested in YouTube/Apple/LinkedIn/Google/Yahoo/Zappos/Atari/Cisco/etc.4. The partners at SC are amazing... Roelof Botha is on our board and he has been tremendous.5. We get an absurd amount of press due to our Sequoia affiliation.6. We can get any meeting with any company, organization or advertising agency by saying "we're backed by the VC who backed INSERToneOFtwentyAMAZINGcompanies." You can be absolutely sure I do this all the time.... and it works.7. We get massive discounts from vendors due to the affiliation (i.e. think a technology provider who would like to build a relationship with Sequoia).As far as I'm concerned YC + SC = DREAM COME TRUE for entrepreneurs.If anyone ever wants to talk to me about Sequoia as an investor you know my mobile number: 310-456-4900. I love these guys.best jason@mahalo.com
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