Engineering talent is the most precious resource for any technology company - Palantir and Addepar are successful first and foremost because of… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
In an increasingly competitive technology world, VCs must work more and more closely with portfolio companies to develop superior technology, talent, and… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Many of humanity's most intractable challenges will only be solved through market-driven innovation. — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
We adapt to technological progress by raising our minimum standards of living and working to stay above this rising threshold. — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
In a well-run tech company, small, elite groups who have ownership in the company are given the freedom to define and achieve… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
The reason we have so much talent in Silicon Valley building and investing in for-profit technology companies is that markets richly reward… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Private equity firms working closely with venture capitalists and technologists may be able to unlock assets that others have not leveraged and… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
We founded Palantir in 2003-2004 because we perceived a giant gap between how the defense and intelligence community was harnessing technology to… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
The human mind and body remains the most complex, powerful machine on the planet, and we will adapt and thrive in a… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Fear is the wrong response to technological unemployment. Focusing on economic flexibility and adaptability - with special attention to eliminating the barriers… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Technological unemployment is scary for those affected - but has always gone hand in hand with economic progress. — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
Traditional hackathons are fun and focused on skill and competition, but we believe that events which focus on the positive social impact… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
A deep concern of mine is that leaders in the technology sector have not developed a culture that insists upon courage, honor,… — 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… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
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
