Vinod Khosla

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• Not thinking it's possible is a failure of imagination. Failure
• Every big problem is a big opportunity. Big
• The willingness to fail gives us the freedom to succeed. Fail
• Communication always changes society, and society was always organized around communication channels. Two hundred years ago it was mostly rivers. It was sea-lanes and mountain… Ago
• In the next 10 years, data science and software will do more for medicine than all of the biological sciences together. All
• Certain food-based biofuels like biodiesel have always been a bad idea. Others like corn ethanol have served a useful purpose and essentially are obsoleting themselves. Bad
• Entrepreneurs have the flexibility and the ability to do things that large companies simply cannot. Could a large company pull off a trick like Amyris,… Ability
• I do not know what got me interested in technology. What was very clear to me very early on was that I was not interested… Believe
• 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, the… Business
• I'm a fiscal hawk. I vote against all taxes, but I do believe the environment, and climate change, is a bigger issue than fiscal deficits… All
• I've probably failed more often than anybody else in Silicon Valley. Those don't matter. I don't remember the failures. You remember the big successes. Anybody
• 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 worth… All
• Imagine the world of mobile based on Nokia and Motorola if Apple had not been restarted by a missionary entrepreneur named Steve Jobs who cared… Apple
• In my view, it's irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo,… Ability
• The only way you multiply resources is with technology. To really affect poverty, energy, health, education, or anything else - there is no other way. Affect
• Everybody else is afraid to fail. I do not really care because when I fail, I try something new. Afraid
• I'm not a political person. I'm a techie nerd, and I enjoy the techie part. I mean, all my life, I've loved great technology. All
• If everyone played it safe, we wouldn't get anywhere. Anywhere
• The U.S. has fallen well behind Europe in recognizing climate change and the implications of climate change. Behind
• Is it 10 years, 20, 50 before we reach that tipping point where climate change becomes irreversible? Nobody can know. There's clearly a probability distribution.… Becomes
• Now it will take a long time to scale biofuels, but I'm the only one in the world forecasting oil dropping in price to $35… Able
• Religion asks you to believe things without questioning, and technology and science always encourage you to ask hard questions and why it is important in… Always Encourage
• Seeking an acquisition from the start is more than just bad advice for an entrepreneur. For the entrepreneur it leads to short term tactical decisions… Acquisition
• Startups allow technologists and scientists to take risks and change plans in a way that would be frowned upon in a big company. Having said… Allow
• There are parts of the country in America, in the Midwest, where wind is a big resource, and we should absolutely use it. But to… Absolutely

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