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Sequoia or Sequoyah or Sequoya may refer to:

Biology[link]

• Sequoioideae, a subfamily of the cypress family.
  • Sequoia (genus), a genus with one living and several fossil species.
    • Sequoia sempervirens, coast redwood.
  • Sequoiadendron giganteum, giant sequoia.
  • Metasequoia, dawn redwood.

Geography[link]

• Canyon, California, formerly Sequoya
• Whitlow, California, formerly Sequoia
• Sequoyah, Oklahoma, small unincorporated community in northeastern Oklahoma
• Sequoia National Park, a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada in the United States of America
• Sequoia National Forest, in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California
• Sequoia Park Zoo, located in Eureka, California
• Giant Sequoia National Monument, in eastern central California
• Mount Sequoyah, mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains

History[link]

• Sequoyah (1767–1843), inventor of the Cherokee syllabary
• State of Sequoyah, attempt in the early 20th century by Native Americans to form their own state

Vehicles[link]

• Sequoia Falco, a light, acrobatic aircraft
• Toyota Sequoia, a sport utility vehicle
• USS Sequoia, more than one United States Navy ship
• USS Sequoyah (SP-426), a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919

Education[link]

• Sequoia High School (disambiguation), several schools
• Sequoyah High School (Georgia), public school in Canton, Georgia
• Sequoyah High School (Tahlequah, Oklahoma), high school and Native American boarding school in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
• Sequoyah High School (Claremore, Oklahoma), public school
• Sequoyah School, a non-profit, independent alternative school in Pasadena, California
• Sequoia Middle School (disambiguation), several schools
• Sequoyah Public Schools, independent school district in Sequoyah, Oklahoma
• Sequoia University, former American degree mill
• Sequoia Hall, home of the Statistics Department of Stanford University

Science and technology[link]

• 1103 Sequoia, a minor planet
• Sequoia, the development code name of Apple Computer's HFS Plus file system
• IBM Sequoia, codename for IBM supercomputer
• MAGIX Sequoia, a digital audio workstation

Businesses and organizations[link]

• Sequoyah Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant abutting Chickamauga Lake, on the Tennessee River
• Sequoia Capital, a venture capitalist firm
• Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, California
• Sequoia Voting Systems, a California-based company that is one of the largest providers of electronic voting systems in the U.S.
• Sequoia Fund, a Ruane, Cunniff, and Goldfarb investment fund
• Sequoia Field, a public airport near Visalia, California
• Tour Sequoia, an office skyscraper in Paris, France

Media[link]

• Sequoia Throne, a 2008 song by progressive metal band Protest the Hero
• Sequoia (comics), a Marvel Comics' character

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Don Valentine in 2009. Photograph by Steve Jurvetson

Donald T. "Don" Valentine is an influential venture capitalist who concentrates mainly on technology companies in the United States. He has been called the "grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital".^[1] The Computer History Museum credited him as playing "a key role in the formation of a number of industries such as semiconductors, personal computers, personal computer software, digital entertainment and networking."^[2]

Career[link]

After graduating with a B.A. from Fordham University, he began his technology career in the 1950s and was a founder of National Semiconductor, as well as being a senior sales and marketing executive for Fairchild Semiconductor.

In 1972, he founded venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, and in that role was one of the original investors of Apple Computer, Atari, LSI Logic, Oracle Corporation, Cisco, Electronic Arts, Google, YouTube and many other companies.^[3]

Valentine is a former Chairman of NetApp and Traiana. He has, over decades, served on the boards of many other technology companies. Valentine was featured in the documentary film Something Ventured which premiered in 2011.

Personal life[link]

Don Valentine has three children and seven grandchildren, all of whom live in the Bay Area.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sequoia Capital U.S.
• Sequoia website profile
• Stanford Business School presents Don Valentine, Sequoia Capital: "Target Big Markets"

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Jim Goetz is a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital in Silicon Valley. He currently is on the board of directors for Barracuda Networks, Jive Software, Metaswitch, Nimble Storage, Pocket Gems and Widgetbox.^[1]

Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2004, he had been a General Partner at Accel Partners and a founder of VitalSigns (LU). He has a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.^[1]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jim Goetz on how to write a business plan
• Slideshare Think Big Start Small
• Startup gets course in Survival

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