Entrepreneurship is, in large part, about building something from nothing, which means creating a cause. — 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
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
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
Being a great founder or early team member is a difficult dialectic - you have to be a bit overconfident, and a… — 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
In their infancy, startups need geniuses who fit their current tight-knit culture and will iterate quickly as they push towards an ambitious… — 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 tech cultures, and the same is true for our best portfolio companies at 8VC. — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share
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
