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	<title><![CDATA[Sequoia Capital's Doom and Gloom Prophecies and the Economic Road Ahead]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-patricof/sequoia-capitals-doom-and_b_133746.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The comments made <a href="http://gigaom.com/2008/10/09/what-startups-can-learn-from-sequoias-doomsday-warning/">by the partners of Sequoia Capital</a> at their recently held "CEO Summit" <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/sequoia-s-startup-advice-save-cash-slash-costs-stay-alive">have been widely covered</a> by leaks to numerous bloggers. These bloggers have disseminated the details and spread the contagion of the sentiments to the public at large, unfortunately running the risk that the words become a self-fulfilling prophesy. Without challenging the comments, which expressed a heightened degree of doom and gloom for the economic prospects of young start-up companies particularly, I do think...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-11-10T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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