????“史蒂夫?喬布斯曾對(duì)我說(shuō)，如果你對(duì)試圖達(dá)到的目標(biāo)沒(méi)有一個(gè)清晰的思路，就絕不要參加某個(gè)會(huì)議，也不要打電話(huà)。紅杉資本公司（Sequoia Capital）的創(chuàng)始人唐?瓦倫丁告誡我要信任自己的直覺(jué)，這樣就不會(huì)陷入傳統(tǒng)思維，也不會(huì)試圖取悅別人。”

????“但我曾經(jīng)獲得過(guò)的最好的建議來(lái)自比爾?迪得斯，這位《每日電訊報(bào)》（Daily Telegraph ）的編輯可是艦隊(duì)街（Fleet Street，英國(guó)幾家報(bào)館的總部均設(shè)于此）響當(dāng)當(dāng)?shù)墓兹宋铩４髮W(xué)畢業(yè)前，我一直向往著在倫敦新聞界工作。我去辦公室拜訪(fǎng)比爾那天，天下著雨。他說(shuō)，要是他處于我那樣的境地，他就會(huì)去美國(guó)。這番話(huà)改變了我的人生軌跡。從此以后，我就下定了去美國(guó)的決心。那個(gè)時(shí)候，我甚至無(wú)法從地圖上找出加利福尼亞州，對(duì)于那種被稱(chēng)為風(fēng)險(xiǎn)資本的東西，我當(dāng)然一無(wú)所知。現(xiàn)在，我已經(jīng)在硅谷工作了30個(gè)年頭了。沒(méi)有任何地方能夠跟這里相媲美。我這樣說(shuō)絲毫沒(méi)有對(duì)英國(guó)不滿(mǎn)的意思，我只是在回味生活在美國(guó)的種種美妙之處而已。”

邁克爾?莫里茨簡(jiǎn)介

年齡：57歲

工作經(jīng)歷：紅杉資本公司執(zhí)行合伙人；目前任商務(wù)社交網(wǎng)站LinkedIn、獨(dú)木舟（Kayak）和綠點(diǎn)公司（Green Dot）的董事；谷歌（Google）、雅虎（Yahoo）和貝寶公司（PayPal）的前董事；還曾經(jīng)當(dāng)過(guò)記者和作家。

主要成就：硅谷具有傳奇色彩的交易撮合者，曾支持紅杉資本投資雅虎、谷歌、貝寶、美捷步網(wǎng)站（ Zappos.com）和其他一大批公司；早期曾在《時(shí)代》周刊【Time，歸《財(cái)富》雜志（Fortune）母公司所有】擔(dān)任專(zhuān)門(mén)報(bào)道硅谷的記者；1984年撰寫(xiě)著作《小王國(guó)：蘋(píng)果電腦不為人知的故事》（The Little Kingdom: The Private Story of Apple Computer）。

????譯者：任文科

????"Steve Jobs told me that you should never go to a meeting or make a telephone call without having a clear idea of what you're trying to achieve. And Don Valentine, the founder of Sequoia Capital, told me to trust my instincts, which lets you avoid getting dragged into conventional thinking and trying to please others.

????"But the best advice I ever got came from Bill Deedes, who was editor of the Daily Telegraph and a grand old figure of Fleet Street. Prior to leaving college, my heart was set on working on Fleet Street. I went to see Bill one rainy day in his office. He said if he were in my shoes, he would go to America. That adjusted my compass. After that, I was hell-bent on going. At that point I would barely have been able to pick California off a map, and I certainly had no idea about anything called venture capital. I've worked for the past 30 years in Silicon Valley. There is nothing that comes close to this place. That's not an indictment of Britain, just a reflection on the wonderful benefits of living in America."

Michael Moritz

Age: 57

Job Experience: Sequoia Capital managing partner; current board member at LinkedIn (LNKD), Kayak, and Green Dot (GDOT); former board member at Google (GOOG, Fortune 500), Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500), and PayPal; former journalist and author

Claim to Fame: Legendary Silicon Valley dealmaker who backed investments for Sequoia in Yahoo, Google, PayPal, Zappos.com, and many others; correspondent for Time (owned by the parent of Fortune's publisher) early in his career, covering Silicon Valley; wrote 1984 book The Little Kingdom: The Private Story of Apple Computer