DTV
| Author | Michael Moritz |
|---|---|
| Published | 2020 |
| Format | Book |
TL;DR — Michael Moritz’s privately circulated portrait of Sequoia founder Don Valentine and the firm’s first chapter, from 1972 to 1996.
Written around 2020 for people at Sequoia (the preface addresses colleagues and mentions the firm’s later funds), the text follows Valentine from his early life and Army service through Fairchild and National Semiconductor to the founding of Sequoia in 1972 and early investments such as Atari, Apple and Cisco, ending the firm’s “first chapter” in 1996. It closes with Valentine’s last years at the Sand Hill Road office.
The copy is a 41-page PDF with the document title “DTV”; it is not the printed book.
What it is: a privately printed insider history, not commercially published; this copy circulated without the author’s release. Primary-source value on Sequoia’s origins.
Where this came from
- A copy saved in October 2026.
41 pages. A PDF copy is held in Kyle’s private archive; it is not linked or shared here.