--- title: "1 Forecasts Quotes By Steve Jurvetson" description: "1 Forecasts quotes by Steve Jurvetson. Plus more from Steve Jurvetson and more Forecasts sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67a/steve-jurvetson-7311_business_the-future-will-be-less-predictable-fore_1836159.jpg" --- > [The future will be less predictable, forecast rises will shrink, company lifetimes will shrink, new entrants will proliferate and it’s going to just get more unpredictable. If you thought financial crises came and went, just count on them – another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/the-future-will-be-less-predictable-forecast-rises-will-shrink-2/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67a/steve-jurvetson-7311_business_the-future-will-be-less-predictable-fore_1836159.jpg) ## Other authors on Forecasts ## More by Steve Jurvetson > [The beauty of compounding iterative algorithms - evolution, fractals, organic growth, art - derives from their irreducibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/the-beauty-of-compounding-iterative-algorithms-evolution-fractals/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [Flourishing is everyone's birthright. I'm trying to break this hold that being smiley and cheery has on what people think the good life is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/flourishing-is-everyone-s-birthright-i-m-trying-to-break-this-hold/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [We believe strongly that all meaningful change comes from entrepreneurs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/we-believe-strongly-that-all-meaningful-change-comes-from/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [Biotech 1.0 is slow, like a lab science, and Version 2.0 is more like computational sciences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/biotech-1-0-is-slow-like-a-lab-science-and-version-2-0-is-more-like/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [Rockets often spiral out of control if you put too much propellant in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/rockets-often-spiral-out-of-control-if-you-put-too-much-propellant-in/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [If you ask any VC what it takes to be successful, you'll get a description that sounds a lot like himself. There's a preference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/if-you-ask-any-vc-what-it-takes-to-be-successful-you-ll-get-a/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [Being slick is not the right answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/being-slick-is-not-the-right-answer/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [I don't want to be a driving machine on my daily commute; I want to be driven by a machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/i-don-t-want-to-be-a-driving-machine-on-my-daily-commute-i-want-to-be/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [History has proven time and again that downturns are the best time to invest in new start-ups. You get good deals and find a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/history-has-proven-time-and-again-that-downturns-are-the-best-time-to/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [I can't invest in areas of comfort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/i-can-t-invest-in-areas-of-comfort/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [Venture capital is a dynamic and people-driven business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/venture-capital-is-a-dynamic-and-people-driven-business/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [I do think there are more and more entrepreneurs all the time that think big. Those are the people we should be finding and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/i-do-think-there-are-more-and-more-entrepreneurs-all-the-time-that/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [We definitely stand behind Theranos in the sense of, we are an investor, and we want them to succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/we-definitely-stand-behind-theranos-in-the-sense-of-we-are-an/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [Machine learning allows us to build software solutions that exceed human understanding and shows us how AI can innervate every industry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/machine-learning-allows-us-to-build-software-solutions-that-exceed/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) > [The deep learning techniques, while relatively easy to learn, are quite foreign to traditional engineering modalities. It takes a different mindset and a relaxation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/the-deep-learning-techniques-while-relatively-easy-to-learn-are-quite/) [Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forecasts/steve-jurvetson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Forecasts Quotes By Steve Jurvetson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The future will be less predictable, forecast rises will shrink, company lifetimes will shrink, new entrants will proliferate and it’s going to just get more unpredictable. If you thought financial crises came and went, just count on them – another economic collapse, it’s almost going to be like not news any more. 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