Where most entrepreneurs fail is on the things they don't know they don't know. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I believe a board in a small startup company should never vote on anything. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
The right way to build a company is to experiment in lots of small ways, so that you have plenty of room… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
An entrepreneur is someone who dares to dream the dreams and is foolish enough to try to make those dreams come true. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Hopefully, I can advise entrepreneurs to avoid mistakes. But you can never be sure if you're trying something new and unreasonable. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs can benefit a lot from the right help and advice, and you can avoid costly mistakes. You can get incredible leverage… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Seeking an acquisition from the start is more than just bad advice for an entrepreneur. For the entrepreneur it leads to short… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs have the flexibility and the ability to do things that large companies simply cannot. Could a large company pull off a… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
It is important in any population to have an ecosystem around start-up ideas to leverage the most out of them such an… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I'm very excited by biomass and biofuels. We have a company, KiOR, that turns biomass - for instance, wood chips - into… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
What an entrepreneur does is to build for the long run. If the market is great, you get all of the resources… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I generally disagree with most of the very high margin opportunities. Why? Because it's a business strategy tradeoff: the lower the margin… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
New industries are created by entrepreneurs who don't necessarily have subject matter expertise when they get started, yet they are still responsible… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Did Google know much about media? Or Amazon about commerce? Tesla about cars? SpaceX about rockets? EBay about classifieds? What did I… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
You take something like RingCentral. It doesn't need any more money or financing: it is relatively mature, recurring revenue business - not… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
If I collected all the diamonds in the world, I'd have no 'income' but I'd have a lot of 'assets'. Would my… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Imagine the world of mobile based on Nokia and Motorola if Apple had not been restarted by a missionary entrepreneur named Steve… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Our focus is not on exit. In fact if you talk to any of my entrepreneurs, I'm generally saying, 'Don't sell the… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Startups allow technologists and scientists to take risks and change plans in a way that would be frowned upon in a big… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
The world is hung up on food-based biofuels. Not only are they the wrong thing, they're the uneconomic thing. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
I generally disagree with most of the very high margin opportunities. Why? Because it's a business strategy tradeoff: the lower the margin you take,… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
If I collected all the diamonds in the world, I'd have no 'income' but I'd have a lot of 'assets'. Would my company be… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
What an entrepreneur does is to build for the long run. If the market is great, you get all of the resources you can.… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
New industries are created by entrepreneurs who don't necessarily have subject matter expertise when they get started, yet they are still responsible for most… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
Hopefully, I can advise entrepreneurs to avoid mistakes. But you can never be sure if you're trying something new and unreasonable. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
Seeking an acquisition from the start is more than just bad advice for an entrepreneur. For the entrepreneur it leads to short term tactical… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
Letting the perfect be the enemy of the good is one of the reasons we have a coal-dependent infrastructure, with the resulting environmental impact… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
Germany has a lot of solar power. In fact, in 2005, some 55 or 57 percent of worldwide installations were photovoltaics in Germany. That's… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
