Inexperienced entrepreneurs often want to keep their plans secret, but this is never how I've seen any of the great companies get… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
One of the fun things about venture capital is you are constantly learning new ideas and strategies from one business and then… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Palantir is the new wave of companies solving big problems for big industries. — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Creating a billion-dollar company is hard, but being a truly great leader is even harder. — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
My personal experience with companies in the PayPal ecosystem taught me that a superb engineering culture is indispensable to building a winning… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
A common mistake among new entrepreneurs who have raised large rounds is that they have essentially infinite resources. — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Our philosophy at 8VC is that many of the companies that present the greatest economic opportunities also create the greatest value for… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
I have seen a lot of now-great companies at their earliest stages, and these early-stage startups are not built by the senior… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Inasmuch as there is a useful purpose to what we do as VCs, I tend to think it's our duty not only… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Savvy, competitive investors able to build, buy, and fix companies will continue to stimulate growth by allowing us to do more with… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Our best and brightest must conceive of themselves as stewards of our society and confront the critical challenges of our time. It's… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
There are people who are better managers than I am. I aspire to be a really good manager, but it's not my… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
CEOs shouldn't worry about their budget all the time - on a day-to-day basis, they should work on managing their company, building… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Palantir owes much of its success to the amazing talent of the first 30-40 technologists who joined the company, as well as… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Engineering talent is the most precious resource for any technology company - Palantir and Addepar are successful first and foremost because of… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
The reason we have so much talent in Silicon Valley building and investing in for-profit technology companies is that markets richly reward… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
A recipe I've seen work in early-stage startups is a small tight-knit group of passionate people who are obsessed with their vision… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
There's no substitute for experiencing ups and downs - seeing how it's okay that things are overwhelming or broken sometimes and how… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
What would I advise an aspiring young entrepreneur? Certainly I'd say read the works of great entrepreneurs and investors like Ben Horowitz,… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
In a well-run tech company, small, elite groups who have ownership in the company are given the freedom to define and achieve… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
I am not by any means a philosopher, although I have worked with some talented people in the discipline. But certain philosophical concepts deeply… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
America faces a mounting transportation crisis, and the primary culprit is road congestion. Traffic makes us unhealthy, wastes enormous amounts of time, and cripples… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Savvy, competitive investors able to build, buy, and fix companies will continue to stimulate growth by allowing us to do more with less -… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
I believe we live in a positive sum world and wealth isn't just taken or moved around; it's mostly created. — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Great leaders inspire incredible loyalty in their followers and subordinates. — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
There's no substitute for experiencing ups and downs - seeing how it's okay that things are overwhelming or broken sometimes and how companies recover… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurship is, in large part, about building something from nothing, which means creating a cause. — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Engineering talent is the most precious resource for any technology company - Palantir and Addepar are successful first and foremost because of their top… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Palantir owes much of its success to the amazing talent of the first 30-40 technologists who joined the company, as well as to the… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
The inability of middle-class people to receive loans in developing countries has had a stifling effect on economic growth and prosperity around the globe. — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
My experiences building Palantir and running Addepar made me aware of serious problems with government and inspired me to build a non-profit to look… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Being able to access that Stanford alumni network was huge - I actually interned at PayPal while I was at Stanford and learned a… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
