Vinod Khosla
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Khosla believes that entrepreneurship is the driving engine of the economy. Don't give up on your dream, he says, -entrepreneurship is a passion. Follow your passions and interests!
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Things aren't ever as good or as bad as we think. Today (2002) is one of the best environments to be an investor. The last three or four years were not a lot of fun--if Khosla went to someone to build a reasonable business, the response he would get was that another company was willing to give more money for less work. He would have to explain that the role of a VC was to help companies develop a real economic model and to give an honest...more
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Khosla explains how to think big and act small. He reminds us that part of that process must be done on a belief system. Without a mission or belief system about how to change the world, one will not be successful.
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Where most entrepreneurs fail is on the things they don't know, Khosla says. The biggest problem is when you don't know what you don't know!
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Great CEOs are people who put great teams together. Scott Kriens at Juniper is one of the best CEOs Khosla has ever worked with, as well as Bill Campbell. There isn't always one definition of a CEO, Khosla notes, each situation requires a different kind of leader, and each stage of a company has different needs for that leader.
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Khosla states that any big problem is a big opportunity. If there is no problem, there is no solution, and no reason for a company to exist. No one will pay you to solve a a problem that doesn't exist, he explains.
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Vinod Khosla, partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, was bitten by the entrepreneurship bug early in life when he heard about Intel starting up. He was enamored by the idea of being able to start your own company. Intel served as as a great role model, he says.
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When things are hot, that's not the area to invest, Khosla cautions. There is a surprise element always present where the biggest opportunities lie. Khosla highlights his interests in biology, genetics, nanotechnology and optical technology.
