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Shaun Maguire, Zohran Mamdani, and venture capital's extreme new 'fame game'
Controversy isn't just tolerated in the upper ranks of business and politics. It's increasingly rewarded. Trump posted all ...
Storied Bay Area venture firm stays completely silent on partner's controversy
Sequoia Capital has a prize perch among tech’s top financiers. From Menlo Park’s Sand Hill Road, the venture capital firm has ...
Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire slammed for racist jibe at Zohran Mamdani: ‘Comes from a culture that lies’
Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia, has faced backlash for a series of racist posts against Zohran Mamdani. Maguire is a ...
Startup founders and others in tech call on Sequoia Capital to act after a partner called Zohran Mamdani an 'Islamist'
Self-described tech workers and founders are petitioning the venture capital company to take disciplinary action over a ...
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AI Investors’ Dilution Dilemma; Dueling Open Letters for Maguire
I reported how much OpenAI was spending on stock-based compensation. It’s a lot: $4.4 billion last year, or more than five ...
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Tech founders call on Sequoia Capital to denounce VC Shaun Maguire's ...
Shaun Maguire, an outspoken Trump supporter, is getting publicly criticized for recent posts about New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
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Iconic Silicon Valley VC firm urged to fire partner over ‘racist’ social media post about Muslim politician Mamdani
Shaun Maguire received widespread blowback after claiming NYC mayoral candidate comes from ‘culture that lies about ...
Sequoia bets on silence
There is a time-honored crisis management strategy, wherein one says nothing and waits for the outrage to pass. For Sequoia ...