Venture-capital firms invest in trends by projecting returns. But most projections are pretty much bogus, and research shows that experts are no better at predicting the future than dart-throwing monkeys. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Setting an aggressive enough carbon-reduction goal will result in an appropriate price for carbon and will help many a renewable technology. Consumer education will help. Most importantly, though, will be the continually declining cost trajectory of the real breakthrough in… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
The world is hung up on food-based biofuels. Not only are they the wrong thing, they're the uneconomic thing. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I generally disagree with most of the very high margin opportunities. Why? Because it's a business strategy tradeoff: the lower the margin you take,… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
If I collected all the diamonds in the world, I'd have no 'income' but I'd have a lot of 'assets'. Would my company be… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
What an entrepreneur does is to build for the long run. If the market is great, you get all of the resources you can.… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
New industries are created by entrepreneurs who don't necessarily have subject matter expertise when they get started, yet they are still responsible for most… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I don’t mind failing, but if I succeed it better be worth succeeding for. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Hopefully, I can advise entrepreneurs to avoid mistakes. But you can never be sure if you're trying something new and unreasonable. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Seeking an acquisition from the start is more than just bad advice for an entrepreneur. For the entrepreneur it leads to short term tactical… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
