Joe Lonsdale

A talented executive whose interests are aligned with the firm's and is confident in her role will always recruit stars who exceed…

— Joe Lonsdale

Top technologists have a tremendous capacity - and, therefore, a tremendous responsibility - to build things that make a positive impact on…

— Joe Lonsdale

Innovative cultures transparently document spending, admit mistakes, and ask how they can do better.

— Joe Lonsdale

Creating efficiencies in private markets is a huge win for the economy.

— Joe Lonsdale

Marketing is your battle plan for the sales team - it's about defining the landscape. Marketing is doing cohort analysis and understanding…

— Joe Lonsdale

One of the fun things about venture capital is you are constantly learning new ideas and strategies from one business and then…

— Joe Lonsdale

For me, seed investing isn't just a good return area but a big part of how we network in Silicon Valley. A…

— Joe Lonsdale

A great leader should make it clear to her team members that as a matter of culture, her job is to replace…

— Joe Lonsdale

Hard work makes us better people and helps our communities flourish.

— Joe Lonsdale

My personal experience with companies in the PayPal ecosystem taught me that a superb engineering culture is indispensable to building a winning…

— Joe Lonsdale

Creating a billion-dollar company is hard, but being a truly great leader is even harder.

— Joe Lonsdale

Many of humanity's most intractable challenges will only be solved through market-driven innovation.

— Joe Lonsdale

We adapt to technological progress by raising our minimum standards of living and working to stay above this rising threshold.

— Joe Lonsdale

Those who serve in our armed forces do so from a profound sense of duty to secure liberty for their fellow Americans.…

— Joe Lonsdale

In my experience, it's common that deep truths exist at both extremes of a dialectic, and the wisest stance on an issue…

— Joe Lonsdale

Our best and brightest must conceive of themselves as stewards of our society and confront the critical challenges of our time. It's…

— Joe Lonsdale

The degree to which society creates wealth, I think, is largely determined by government and financial systems.

— Joe Lonsdale

I think I was really lucky to work as a little kid at PayPal, grew up in the Valley as a coder.

— Joe Lonsdale

There will be trillions of dollars under Addepar. You will have tons of money and information flowing through it.

— Joe Lonsdale

Inasmuch as there is a useful purpose to what we do as VCs, I tend to think it's our duty not only…

— Joe Lonsdale

The convertible note is a useful and common financing structure in Silicon Valley. It's a form of debt that is really more…

— Joe Lonsdale

A recipe I've seen work in early-stage startups is a small tight-knit group of passionate people who are obsessed with their vision…

— Joe Lonsdale

I'm always investing and building things at the same time.

— Joe Lonsdale

Because the private sector has evolved processes and metrics for growth over many generations, for-profit models are more likely to efficiently accomplish…

— Joe Lonsdale

Our family is very, very competitive. But it's a fun and inspiring sort of competitive. It makes you proud of what you…

— Joe Lonsdale