126 Quotes by Vinod Khosla

Your willingness to fail is what will let you succeed.

Knowing whose advice to take and on what topic is the single most important decision an entrepreneur can make.

I've failed at more things than anyone I know. No one remembers the failures.

Environmentalists get in the way. They often ask the right questions, but they're chasing the wrong answers - often hypothetical or uneconomic solutions.

People over 45 basically die in terms of new ideas.

First, you should take money and have plenty of money fueling your tank. But money becomes dangerous if you assume it's going to keep coming. Make sure you can get your burn rate to a sustainable level if you hit the brakes hard, within 90 days.

Hopefully, I can advise entrepreneurs to avoid mistakes. But you can never be sure if you're trying something new and unreasonable.

Nobody who comes in once every six weeks while you're working 80 or 90 hours a week is qualified to make a decision.

I'm very excited by biomass and biofuels. We have a company, KiOR, that turns biomass - for instance, wood chips - into gasoline. The potential value of this company is huge. It could compete with regular crude oil without subsidies.