It always struck me as pretty cool that people who changed the world often knew each other. After reading them separately, hearing that David Hume and Adam Smith were friends made sense. — 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
