It doesn't matter what your probability of failure is. If there's a 90% chance of failure, there's a 10% chance of changing the world. — Vinod Khosla Chance Copy Share Image
There's no doubt in my mind over the next 25 years how we drive, how we build our houses, how we fly,… — Vinod Khosla Building Copy Share Image
Venture-capital firms invest in trends by projecting returns. But most projections are pretty much bogus, and research shows that experts are no… — Vinod Khosla Better Copy Share Image
Our focus is not on exit. In fact if you talk to any of my entrepreneurs, I'm generally saying, 'Don't sell the… — Vinod Khosla Building Copy Share Image
Imagine the world of mobile based on Nokia and Motorola if Apple had not been restarted by a missionary entrepreneur named Steve… — Vinod Khosla Apple 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… — Vinod Khosla Assets Copy Share Image
The winter period between September and March in this country, when land sits fallow and is subject to topsoil loss, we could… — Vinod Khosla Between Copy Share Image
Maybe some percentage that’s substantially larger than 95 percent of VCs add zero value. I would bet that 70-80 percent add negative… — Vinod Khosla Add Copy Share Image
Photovoltaics are a great technology for certain applications, and, in fact, we invest in photovoltaic technologies. But they're not good substitutes for… — Vinod Khosla Climate Copy Share Image
Startups allow technologists and scientists to take risks and change plans in a way that would be frowned upon in a big… — Vinod Khosla Areas Copy Share Image
We love serious technology innovations, and there is a strong bias towards large technology innovations that are sort of disruptive to the… — Vinod Khosla Bias 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… — Vinod Khosla Business Copy Share Image
I'm a fiscal hawk. I vote against all taxes, but I do believe the environment, and climate change, is a bigger issue… — Vinod Khosla Believe 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… — Vinod Khosla Business Copy Share Image
The right way to build a company is to experiment in lots of small ways, so that you have plenty of room… — Vinod Khosla Business Copy Share Image
I'm very excited by biomass and biofuels. We have a company, KiOR, that turns biomass - for instance, wood chips - into… — Vinod Khosla Biomass Copy Share Image
Doctors can be replaced by software – 80% of them can. I’d much rather have a good machine learning system diagnose my… — Vinod Khosla Average Copy Share Image
The bulk of the utility industry today believes that coal and nuclear are the only solutions we have. Nuclear is greener but… — Vinod Khosla Climate Copy Share Image
Is it 10 years, 20, 50 before we reach that tipping point where climate change becomes irreversible? Nobody can know. There's clearly… — Vinod Khosla Change 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… — Vinod Khosla Adapt Copy Share Image
There are parts of the country in America, in the Midwest, where wind is a big resource, and we should absolutely use… — Vinod Khosla America Copy Share Image
