Quote

If I wanted to be a doctor today I'd go to math school not med school.

Vinod Khosla

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Vinod Khosla
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 28
Businessman
Businessperson
National Capital Region of Delhi
School
Today
Wanted
Meds
Doctor
Math
Doctors
Lessons

More quotes by Vinod Khosla

Image
We humans think linearly but tech trends are exponential.
Vinod Khosla
Image
Not thinking it's possible is a failure of imagination.
Vinod Khosla
Image
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
Image
An entrepreneur is someone who dares to dream the dreams and is foolish enough to try to make those dreams come true.
Vinod Khosla
Image
Doctors can be replaced by software – 80% of them can. I’d much rather have a good machine learning system diagnose my disease than the median or average doctor.
Vinod Khosla
Image
You have to invent the future you want.
Vinod Khosla
Image
There's no doubt in my mind over the next 25 years how we drive, how we build our houses, how we fly, how we build our buildings, will all change.
Vinod Khosla
Image
My willingness to fail gives me the ability to succeed.
Vinod Khosla
Image
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
Image
Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars.
Vinod Khosla
Image
Future is not extrapolation of past
Vinod Khosla
Image
Oil replacements and then efficiencies in engines and housing and the way we build houses is a very interesting market.
Vinod Khosla
Image
I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference.
Vinod Khosla
Image
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.
Vinod Khosla
Image
The U.S. has fallen well behind Europe in recognizing climate change and the implications of climate change.
Vinod Khosla
Image
Climate deniers are clearly the fringe group and need to see a proctologist to find their heads.
Vinod Khosla
Image
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
Image
The first rule of venture capitalism is hands-on experience. You have to get your hands dirty.
Vinod Khosla
Image
One of the best things data can enable us to do is to ask questions we didn't know to ask.
Vinod Khosla
Image
Startups allow technologists and scientists to take risks and change plans in a way that would be frowned upon in a big company. Having said that, big companies will play a key role in certain areas and in partnerships with little companies. Each has its strengths.
Vinod Khosla