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  2. Who is Your Worst Reference? with Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital)

Who is Your Worst Reference? with Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital)

Sep 26, 2014

Alfred Lin focuses on consumer internet, enterprise and mobile investments. He is a Director of Achievers, Airbnb, Houzz, Humble Bundle, Kiwi, Romotive and Stella & Dot. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2010, Alfred was Chairman and COO/CFO of Zappos.com (AMZN). Prior to Zappos.com, Alfred was VP of Finance and Business Development of Tellme Networks (MSFT). Previously, Alfred was Co-Founder and General Manager of Venture Frogs, LLC and invested in companies such as Ask Jeeves (IACI), MongoMusic (MSFT), MyAble (OPWV), OpenTable (OPEN), Tellme (MSFT) and Zappos.com (AMZN). Alfred began his startup career as VP of Finance of LinkExchange (MSFT). Alfred has a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard and an M.S. in Statistics from Stanford.