[andrestan]

A great example of an executive who has led the rapid development of a business but drastically needed more mentorship would be Travis Kalanik formerly of Uber. Running a large and successful company well is much, much more than just generating revenue and valuation.

[johnmorrow]

Didn't Sequoia invest in them too? You might be right but this is not the best example lol

[joering2]

Second that. Outside of HN an average person, or probably north of 95% Uber riders, neither heard nor care/cared about internal problems at Uber. None of those problems really reflected on qualty of services they provide to the final consumer.

[andrestan]

That's untrue. Uber lost huge amounts of market share due to the scandals in 2017.

[gkanai]

Sequoia (US) and Sequoia China are separate funds. They share the same brand and work together on some areas, but the funds are separate and the LPs are not the same (some LPs may invest in both funds but not necessarily.)

[rajacombinator]

How did that mentorship work out...

[baybal2]

>Running a large and successful company

Loosing money buy truckloads every day === success?