Vinod Khosla Quotes

The right way to build a company is to experiment in lots of small ways, so that you have plenty of room to make mistakes and change strategies.

Vinod Khosla

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• No Catalan citizen and no Catalan company will leave the E.U. That is evident, and nobody can dispute it.

  

  Carles Puigdemont
  • Company
  • Leave
  • Citizen

• Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow.

  

  Dan Lipinski
  • Long
  • Today
  • Energy

• Here's the thing: I left Ion Storm and Eidos in the spring of 2004 frankly because I felt out of place at that company.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Spring
  • Company
  • Storm

• The Cinquecento was an engine of motivation at Fiat. It refurbished the image of the entire company. It's a symbol for the company, but it's more than that. It's a global Italian symbol, as Mini is a global British symbol and the Beetle is a global German symbol.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • Company
  • motivation
  • German

• My only career strategy is to just not do anything that I have to be completely ashamed of afterwards! Whether it's TV or movies, I feel lucky to be working.

  

  Dan Byrd
  • Career
  • Movies
  • Strategy

• The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith
  • May
  • End
  • Smile

• Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.

  

  Carl Hiaasen
  • Way
  • Now
  • Disney

• Be careful not to start a company that really belongs as a feature of another company, like the 25 Twitter URL shortener companies out there. Pick a real problem that's here to stay.

  

  Aaron Patzer
  • Real
  • Problem
  • Start

• When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Worry
  • Company
  • Cake

• In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • People
  • Better
  • Company

• My investment strategy, which is to focus on sectors that are a national priority for India, hasn't changed.

  

  Gautam Adani
  • Focus
  • Priority
  • Strategy

• For me, it was very important to be part of a boxing film that actually explores the psychological aspects of the sport, more than just the physical aspects. I haven't seen boxing movies very often that really go so deep into the minds of the boxers. It really puts out how much it is about strategy and tactics and technique.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • Important
  • Deep
  • Boxing

• I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Great
  • Think
  • Company

• Basically, I left Northern Telecom after 7.5 years of being in one company after school. And then, I ended up in a series of start-ups. The first of those was a company called Sitech, and they were in local area networks.

  

  Ram Shriram
  • Up
  • School
  • First

• To escape the curse of commoditization, a company has to be a game-changer, and that requires employees who are proactive, inventive and zealous.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Game
  • Company
  • Escape

• The fact to the matter is, we never developed a comprehensive strategy to deal with radical Islam. And the 9/11 commission said one of the things we must do is develop a global alliance to combat it.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Said
  • Strategy
  • Islam

• I pretty much only wear Lilly Pulitzer ties because my best friend owns the company.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Pretty
  • Friend
  • Best

• Bofors was a steelmaker that became a forgings company and then went on to build guns. Companies like Krupp and Thyssen were in steel and forgings before entering defence. There are similar examples in the U.K.; it is a natural progression.

  

  Baba Kalyani
  • Like
  • Company
  • Build

• Once, he was chosen to play Ram in a small Ramleela company, but his parents were against it.

  

  Raj Kapoor
  • Parents
  • Small
  • Company

• I should have said, 'Hey, we've got several things we're going to turn in and want to look at with them,' ... 'We see it one way, and we'll see how they see it.' That should have been my comments, but I went specifically . . . I went over some things there that you can't.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • Game
  • Way
  • Strategy

• I don't want anybody, whether it's my grandchildren or any of our employees' grandchildren, to have to apologise for working for Ford Motor Company. In fact, I want the opposite. I want them to look and say, 'What a difference we made!'

  

  William Clay Ford, Jr.
  • Want
  • Company
  • Employees

• While wine may be only a drink, it is also one of the most complex sensory pleasures we enjoy. It is as cerebral as it is sensual, and it requires a lifetime to appreciate it.

  

  Natalie MacLean
  • Enjoy
  • Wine
  • Pleasures

• You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.

  

  Yolanda Adams
  • Different
  • History
  • Respect

• The right way to build a company is to experiment in lots of small ways, so that you have plenty of room to make mistakes and change strategies.

  

  Vinod Khosla
  • Company
  • Strategy
  • Experiments