Elize Ackerman of the Mercury News interviews one of Silicon Valley's best startup company pickers, Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital, about how he picks companies. Michael picked Yahoo, Google, PayPal, Flextronics, Flip Video and several others. Surprising that after all that he's still working, let alone talking with newspaper reporters!
And if you enjoyed that one, you'll like this one on the secrets of talent scouts. I did not realize Michael was a Time reporter who covered Apple in the early days - no wonder my Flip Mino, made by another company Michael invested in, looks like it was made by Apple.
