\nS-a n\u0103scut \u00een Yonkers, o suburbie a New Yorkului, \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103 de mic a studiat \u00een \u015fcoli cu profil catolic. Odat\u0103 cu armata a ajuns pentru prima dat\u0103 \u00een California \u015fi a descoperit c\u0103 exist\u0103 locuri unde iarna nu ninge, a\u015fa c\u0103 a decis s\u0103 se mute \u00een California.<\/p>\n
\nDup\u0103 ce a absolvit Fordham University Valentine \u015fi-a \u00eenceput cariera ca inginer de v\u00e2nz\u0103ri la Raytheon. \u00cen mai pu\u0163in de un an s-a mutat la Fairchild Semiconductor, unde a construit echipa de v\u00e2nz\u0103ri timp de \u015fapte ani. Apoi a plecat \u015fi a fondat National Semiconductor.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 1972 Valentine a fondat firma de venture capital Sequoia Capital, fiind una dintre primele companii de acest fel. \u00cen calitate de fondator a fost primul investor la Apple \u015fi Atari, locul unde l-a cunoscut pe Steve Jobs. \u00cen 1978 Sequoia a investit 150.000 de dolari \u00een Apple. Din 1972 \u015fi p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een prezent Sequoia Capital a finan\u0163at start-up-uri care \u00een prezent au o valoare la burs\u0103 combinat\u0103 de 1.400 de miliarde de dolari.<\/p>\n
\nMajoritatea capitali\u015ftilor venture spun c\u0103 investesc \u00een principal \u00een oameni, iar pie\u0163ele \u015fi tehnologiile sunt pe plan secund. Don Valentine nu crede asta. El pariaz\u0103 pe pia\u0163a care este pe cale s\u0103 explodeze. Acesta \u015ftia c\u0103 pia\u0163a calculatoarelor (Apple), bazelor de date (Oracle) sau routerelor (Cisco) o s\u0103 explodeze \u00eenainte ca al\u0163i investitori s\u0103 intre pe fir. Se spune c\u0103 atunci c\u00e2nd Valentine participa la o \u015fedin\u0163\u0103 a unuia dintre start-up-uri \u015fi primea h\u00e2rtiile \u00eendosariate, le scotea \u015fi \u00eenapoia foliile spun\u00e2nd c\u0103 acestea cost\u0103 bani \u015fi c\u0103 sunt metode mai bune de a cheltui banii. Valentine a cedat controlul managerial asupra Sequoia la mijlocul anilor \u201990.<\/p>\n
\nDe-a lungul anilor a f\u0103cut parte din boardul mai multor companii de tehnologie, precum: Apple, Atari, Cisco Systems, LSI Logic, NetApp, Oracle sau Microchip Technology.<\/p>\n
\nValentine a fost prezentat \u00een documentarul \u201eSomething Ventured\u201c care a avut premiera \u00een 2011 \u015fi spune povestea primilor capitali\u015fti venture \u015fi a companiilor pe care le-au ajutat s\u0103 creasc\u0103. Don Valentine nu a avut niciodat\u0103 diplome de la \u015fcoli celebre precum Caltech sau Stanford Business School. El este un newyorkez ce spune lucrurilor pe nume \u015fi s-a descurcat \u00een via\u0163\u0103 datorit\u0103 viziunii sale \u015fi talentului s\u0103u de v\u00e2nz\u0103tor. Are o avere estimat\u0103 la 3,6 miliarde de dolari, trei copii \u015fi \u015fapte nepo\u0163i.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
N\u0103scut pe 26 iunie 1932, Donald T. \u201eDon\u201c Valentine este un venture capitalist influent ce investe\u015fte \u00een principal \u00een companii de tehnologie. A fost supranumit \u201dbunicul Silicon Valley venture capital”, iar compania sa, Sequoia Capital, a investit \u00een companii de tehnologie care azi au devenit faimoase, precum Apple, Oracle, Cisco, Electronic Arts, Google sau YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3826],"tags":[7172,288,466,272,201,15646,21101,5431,5616,26214,437,8932,5818,204,12570],"class_list":["post-134110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special","tag-actiuni","tag-apple","tag-capital","tag-companie","tag-companii","tag-detinere","tag-donald","tag-google","tag-investitie","tag-nastere","tag-oracle","tag-poveste","tag-silicon","tag-tehnologie","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}