Matt Miller

My passion for technology began as a kid. I had a love for computer games, to a point where my mother wouldn’t let me play anymore unless I built my own computer. I bought a book, earned money by mowing lawns and built my first one when I was 11. It wasn’t long before I was selling my home-built computers and devouring programming books at night. I knew I wanted to work in the technology industry.

My journey to Sequoia has had many twists and turns. I took two years off school and attempted to build an out-of-home media network in restaurants. That experience gave me so much empathy for the life and pressures of being a founder. After failing, I wanted to learn what life was like at the best technology companies in the world, so I cold-called my way into a job interview at Goldman Sachs and told them “I will be your best guy if you give me a shot and let me work in the Valley.” I got the job and worked 100+ hours a week to deliver on that promise. Sequoia reached out while I was at Goldman, and my immediate thought was, “This is an opportunity of a lifetime to work with the best technology investors in the world.” The journey since has been incredible.

I worked on our plan to build out our European presence and now reside in London full time. Europe has always had amazing technology talent but increasingly that talent is choosing to work in startups and keep their companies here. We are seeing more and more global market leaders have their start in Europe and we’re here on the ground to work with them as early as possible. For me this is the opportunity of a lifetime.

The thing I really love about Sequoia is that we approach investing with an eye to become the founder’s preferred business partner and to dream with them on a scale of decades. We work to give every company we partner with every unfair advantage we can, from our own depth of experience and network. That is how we spend half of our time and it’s one of the most thrilling aspects of our jobs.

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