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Vinod Khosla Quotes

How would you compete against yourself Picture Quote #1

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 science and technology. So I was always interested in science and technology Picture Quote #1

The first rule of venture capitalism is hands-on experience. You have to get your hands dirty Picture Quote #1

In the next 10 years, data science and software will do more for medicine than all of the biological sciences together Picture Quote #1

Screw up often; but screw up ahead of everybody else, and than learn as much, and than use it to make subsequent investments Picture Quote #1

By 2025, 80 percent of the functions doctors do will be done much better and much more cheaply by machines and machine learned algorithms Picture Quote #1

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Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars Picture Quote #1

Your cellphone has 10 sensors, and your car has 400. But your body has none - that’s going to change Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 passes. The Internet is another form of communication and commerce. And society organizes around the channels Picture Quote #1

The only way you multiply resources is with technology. To really affect poverty, energy, health, education, or anything else - there is no other way Picture Quote #1

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, going from anti-malaria medicine to next-generation fuel? Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Will biofuel usage require land? Absolutely, but we think the ability to use winter cover crops, degraded land, as well as using sources such as organic waste, sewage, and forest waste means that actual land usage will be limited. Just these sources can replace most of our imported oil by 2030 without touching new land Picture Quote #1

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 faster you grow Picture Quote #1

If you have a carbon cap and trade system, there’d be an agreed-to limit the amount of carbon we emit. That changes the economic picture for fossil technologies and for the renewable technologies. It makes the renewable technologies more attractive and the fossils less attractive Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 a barrel by 2030. I’ll put it on the record: Oil will not be able to compete with cellulosic biofuels. If you do it from food, the food will get so expensive you can’t make fuel out of it Picture Quote #1

The winter period between September and March in this country, when land sits fallow and is subject to topsoil loss, we could be enriching the soil and growing all the biomass we need to replace imported gasoline Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe - till something radical changes that we are not on track to do - that hybrids are material to climate change. They’re fashionable, everybody loves them, the Prius is selling well, but so are Gucci bags. But they don’t impact the way the world carries stuff. You know it’s a fashion statement Picture Quote #1

For electric power generation, we are very optimistic about solar-thermal technology, and we’re intrigued by the potential of enhanced geothermal energy to replace coal-based power generation. Traditional carbon capture and sequestration-based coal power generation is somewhat unlikely to be competitive Picture Quote #1

As for companies invested in the space - I think its important to distinguish between a good investment and a material climate change technology - you can have the first without the second, even in the clean tech space Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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My willingness to fail gives me the ability to succeed Picture Quote #1

We humans think linearly but tech trends are exponential Picture Quote #1

You need a degree of foolishness to cause disruptive change in healthcare. Dare to dream Picture Quote #1

If everyone played it safe, we wouldn’t get anywhere Picture Quote #1

Any problem is an opportunity. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity Picture Quote #1

The willingness to fail gives us the freedom to succeed Picture Quote #1

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How would you compete against yourself (Vinod Khosla Quotes) 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 science and technology. So I was always interested in science and technology (Vinod Khosla Quotes) The first rule of venture capitalism is hands-on experience. You have to get your hands dirty (Vinod Khosla Quotes) In the next 10 years, data science and software will do more for medicine than all of the biological sciences together (Vinod Khosla Quotes) Screw up often; but screw up ahead of everybody else, and than learn as much, and than use it to make subsequent investments (Vinod Khosla Quotes) By 2025, 80 percent of the functions doctors do will be done much better and much more cheaply by machines and machine learned algorithms (Vinod Khosla Quotes) Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars (Vinod Khosla Quotes) Your cellphone has 10 sensors, and your car has 400. But your body has none - that’s going to change (Vinod Khosla Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 passes. The Internet is another form of communication and commerce. And society organizes around the channels (Vinod Khosla Quotes) The only way you multiply resources is with technology. To really affect poverty, energy, health, education, or anything else - there is no other way (Vinod Khosla Quotes) 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, going from anti-malaria medicine to next-generation fuel? (Vinod Khosla Quotes) 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 (Vinod Khosla Quotes) 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 (Vinod Khosla Quotes) Will biofuel usage require land? Absolutely, but we think the ability to use winter cover crops, degraded land, as well as using sources such as organic waste, sewage, and forest waste means that actual land usage will be limited. Just these sources can replace most of our imported oil by 2030 without touching new land (Vinod Khosla Quotes) 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 faster you grow. (Vinod Khosla Quotes) If you have a carbon cap and trade system, there’d be an agreed-to limit the amount of carbon we emit. That changes the economic picture for fossil technologies and for the renewable technologies. It makes the renewable technologies more attractive and the fossils less attractive. (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 Quotes) 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 a barrel by 2030. I’ll put it on the record: Oil will not be able to compete with cellulosic biofuels. If you do it from food, the food will get so expensive you can’t make fuel out of it. (Vinod Khosla Quotes) The winter period between September and March in this country, when land sits fallow and is subject to topsoil loss, we could be enriching the soil and growing all the biomass we need to replace imported gasoline. (Vinod Khosla Quotes) I don’t believe - till something radical changes that we are not on track to do - that hybrids are material to climate change. They’re fashionable, everybody loves them, the Prius is selling well, but so are Gucci bags. But they don’t impact the way the world carries stuff. You know it’s a fashion statement. (Vinod Khosla Quotes) For electric power generation, we are very optimistic about solar-thermal technology, and we’re intrigued by the potential of enhanced geothermal energy to replace coal-based power generation. Traditional carbon capture and sequestration-based coal power generation is somewhat unlikely to be competitive. (Vinod Khosla Quotes) As for companies invested in the space - I think its important to distinguish between a good investment and a material climate change technology - you can have the first without the second, even in the clean tech space. (Vinod Khosla Quotes) 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. (Vinod Khosla Quotes) My willingness to fail gives me the ability to succeed (Vinod Khosla Quotes) We humans think linearly but tech trends are exponential (Vinod Khosla Quotes) You need a degree of foolishness to cause disruptive change in healthcare. Dare to dream (Vinod Khosla Quotes) If everyone played it safe, we wouldn’t get anywhere (Vinod Khosla Quotes) Any problem is an opportunity. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity (Vinod Khosla Quotes) The willingness to fail gives us the freedom to succeed (Vinod Khosla Quotes)

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