It is this breathtaking image [of] success that motivates us and motivates kids to follow and understand rocket science: to understand the importance of physics and math and, in many ways, to have that awe at exploration of the frontiers… — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
Statistical physics or Newtonian physics gives way to quantum physics. Very unusual properties of matter emerge at that scale, and you can think about building products in a very different way. You can think about interfacing to biology in a… — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
The beauty of compounding iterative algorithms - evolution, fractals, organic growth, art - derives from their irreducibility. — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
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. — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
We believe strongly that all meaningful change comes from entrepreneurs. — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
Biotech 1.0 is slow, like a lab science, and Version 2.0 is more like computational sciences. — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
Rockets often spiral out of control if you put too much propellant in them. — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a driving machine on my daily commute; I want to be driven by a machine. — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
I do think there are more and more entrepreneurs all the time that think big. Those are the people we should be finding and… — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image