Vinod Khosla Quotes - Page 3

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• Maybe some percentage that’s substantially larger than 95 percent of VCs add zero value. I would bet that 70-80 percent add negative value to a startup in their advising.

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  Zero, Negative, Add

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• 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.

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  Mean, Winter, Thinking

  "Power Q&A: Vinod Khosla". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. April 21, 2008.

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• If you're going to re-invent healthcare you have to start from scratch.

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  Scratches, Lessons, Healthcare

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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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  Believe, Technology, Two

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• 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.

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  Opportunity, Strategy, Faster

  "Interview: Vinod Khosla Is On The Hunt For Great Technologies". Interview with Erick Schonfeld, techcrunch.com. September 12, 2009.

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• 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 are as a risk to the nation.

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  Believe, Issues, Risk

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• 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. We need to ensure this planet, and we need to do it quickly.

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  Years, Climate, Needs

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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.

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  Oil, Long, Records

  "On The Record: Vinod Khosla". San Francisco Chronicle Interview, www.sfgate.com. May 11, 2008.

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• No one will pay you to solve a non-problem.

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  Inspiration, Pay, Problem

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• Climate deniers are clearly the fringe group and need to see a proctologist to find their heads.

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  Climate, Groups, Needs

  "How Obama's Climate Goals Will Play in Silicon Valley". Interview with Claire Cain Miller, www.nytimes.com. June 12, 2014.

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• 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.

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  Ideas, Purpose, Biofuels

  "On The Record: Vinod Khosla". San Francisco Chronicle Interview,, www.sfgate.com. May 11, 2008.

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• 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 try and apply it nationally doesn't make sense. There are technologies that will work that are appropriate to certain regions.

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  Country, Technology, Wind

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• You need a degree of foolishness to cause disruptive change in healthcare. Dare to dream.

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  Dream, Degrees, Needs

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• Setting an aggressive enough carbon-reduction goal will result in an appropriate price for carbon and will help many a renewable technology. Consumer education will help. Most importantly, though, will be the continually declining cost trajectory of the real breakthrough in clean-technology costs driven by research and innovation. In the end, private capital is the real barometer of change.

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  Real, Technology, Goal

  "Power Q&A: Vinod Khosla". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. April 21, 2008.

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• The world is hung up on food-based biofuels. Not only are they the wrong thing, they're the uneconomic thing.

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  World, Biofuels, Wrong Things

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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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  Believe, Differences, Making A Difference

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