Uncapped with Jack AltmanInvesting in Outliers | Shaun Maguire, Partner at Sequoia | Ep. 1
Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- March 13, 2025
- Duration
- 1h 13m
- Channel
- Uncapped with Jack Altman
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
This week I spoke with Shaun Maguire, a Partner at Sequoia Capital. He led their investments into SpaceX, The Boring Co, and X among others. Prior to Sequoia Shaun co-founded a cybersecurity company which was acquired for $1B and worked at DARPA. We covered: (0:00) Speaking his mind in public (13:38) Trust and the media (24:27) Tech’s political flip (29:27) Investing in hard tech vs. software (45:27) Thinking with a beginner's mind (52:30) Fulfillment in investing (59:33) Investing in outlier people I could have happily spoken with Shaun for four hours. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/uncappedpod Twitter: https://x.com/jaltma Email: friends@uncappedpod.com
SPEAKERS
Jack Altman
hostShaun Maguire
guest
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Uncapped with Jack Altman, featuring Jack Altman and Shaun Maguire, Investing in Outliers | Shaun Maguire, Partner at Sequoia | Ep. 1 explores sequoia’s Shaun Maguire on truth, geopolitics, and outlier investing Maguire describes becoming more publicly vocal after Oct. 7, arguing that modern conflicts are fought through information warfare with distinct “attention phases,” and that you must be prepared immediately or lose credibility.
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