Each year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management brings dozens of its students to the west coast in early January to soak up the innovative spirit of Silicon Valley. On their most recent trip, they also got an unexpected glimpse of the valley's darker side.
During a reception at the Computer History Museum, Sloan dean David Schmittlein was interviewing Douglas Leone, a partner at the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital and Sloan alum. Leone was dispensing advice about entrepreneurism when he let slip a remark that made me do a doubletake.
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