Vinod Khosla

9 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 9, 2019 by Vinod Khosla · said 4 times in 4 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Jan 9, 2019
Insight
Khosla: Choosing whose advice to trust is an entrepreneur's hardest decision
“Whose advice to trust on what topic is the single hardest decision an entrepreneur makes?”
Vinod Khosla Jan 9, 2019 ▶ 9:15 Vinod Khosla : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator
Jan 9, 2019
Insight
Khosla: Rate of learning matters far more than experience in startups
“Experience doesn't matter. The rate of learning matters. First principles, thinking matters. Pick for the best athlete, not the person who's the most established wide receiver who knows how to run one pattern and one pattern only.”
Vinod Khosla Jan 9, 2019 ▶ 9:38 Vinod Khosla : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator
Jan 9, 2019
Insight
Khosla: Rate of founder change is the strongest indicator of success
“In the three months that they're, that they've been at YC, what's their rate of change? If we've had multiple points of intercept. That may be a stronger indicator than any other single indicator.”
Vinod Khosla Jan 9, 2019 ▶ 11:04 Vinod Khosla : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator
Jan 9, 2019 negative
Opinion
Khosla: 90% of VCs add no value, 70% add negative value
“I think, 90% of investors add no value. In my assessment, 70% of investors add negative value to a company.”
Vinod Khosla Jan 9, 2019 ▶ 3:59 Vinod Khosla : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator
Jan 9, 2019 negative
Opinion
Khosla tells Sam Altman his biggest problem with Y Combinator startups
“By the way, this is my single biggest beef with YC. Not enough option pools. Right? Not enough option pools. Not enough focus on recruiting the right co-founders.”
Vinod Khosla Jan 9, 2019 ▶ 24:36 Vinod Khosla : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator
Jan 9, 2019 negative
Opinion
Khosla: Many investors prioritize short-term revenue over long-term strategic assets
“My big beef with a lot of investors is they want revenue, They want to meet plan as opposed to collect assets for this larger ascent to Mount Everest.”
Vinod Khosla Jan 9, 2019 ▶ 2:45 Vinod Khosla : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator
Jan 9, 2019
Insight
Khosla: A company becomes the people it hires, not its plan
“So one of my favorite tweets I like tweeting out is, a company becomes the people it hires, not the plan it makes. And that's grossly under appreciated.”
Vinod Khosla Jan 9, 2019 ▶ 1:43 Vinod Khosla : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator
Jan 9, 2019 negative
Disclosure
Khosla bans junior VCs from taking board seats to protect founders
“So some of the junior people here, when they ask me, hey, at this other firm, people, young people are going on boards, can I be on a board? I say, you haven't earned the right to advise an entrepreneur, so it's unfair to the entrepreneur.”
Vinod Khosla Jan 9, 2019 ▶ 4:22 Vinod Khosla : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator
Jan 9, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Khosla agreed to fund Impossible Foods in first meeting without details
“And we, I think I said yes to him in our very first meeting. We didn't last. I didn't even need to know the details. It was just a vision too big to not attempt.”
Vinod Khosla Jan 9, 2019 ▶ 33:45 Vinod Khosla : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator
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