Either way, you gotta love the attitude inspired by the great maverick venture capitalist, Don Valentine.

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Don Valentine of Sequoia Capital had been a sales vice president at Fairchild Semiconductor in the 1960s.

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Don Valentine founded Sequoia Capital in 1972 and presided over early investments in Apple, Electronic Arts, Cisco, Yahoo and Google.

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Don Valentine, the great Silicon Valley venture capitalist whose Sequoia Capital funded Apple, Cisco, Yahoo, PayPal and Google, claimed he never backed a successful entrepreneur a second time.

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"Nowadays, you don't give chocolates on Valentine's Day because you really like that person, " said Chun Kyung-woo, a culture reporter for a local newspaper.

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