Vinod Khosla Quotes
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I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference.
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Not thinking it's possible is a failure of imagination.
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Letting the perfect be the enemy of the good is one of the reasons we have a coal-dependent infrastructure, with the resulting environmental impact that all of us can see. I suspect environmentalists, through their opposition of nuclear power, have caused more coal plants to be built than anybody. And those coal plants have emitted more radioactive material from the coal than any nuclear accident would have.
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If you're going to re-invent healthcare you have to start from scratch.
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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 in religion and that naturally increased my curiosity about science and technology, and I fundamentally believe the two are conflicting.
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Spreadsheets are fiction. Believing in what you're doing and what you're building is what's important.
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Everybody else is afraid to fail. I do not really care because when I fail, I try something new.
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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, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others.
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Future is not extrapolation of past
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How would you compete against yourself?
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The only way you multiply resources is with technology. To really affect poverty, energy, health, education, or anything else - there is no other way.
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Any problem is an opportunity. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity.
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The state of healthcare today is that we are busy in the practice of medicine vs. being in the science of medicine.
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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 rather than company-building decisions and in my view often reduces the probability of success.
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The first rule of venture capitalism is hands-on experience. You have to get your hands dirty.
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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 that, big companies will play a key role in certain areas and in partnerships with little companies. Each has its strengths.
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Oil replacements and then efficiencies in engines and housing and the way we build houses is a very interesting market.
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You have to invent the future you want.