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Not thinking it's possible is a failure of imagination.

Vinod Khosla

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Vinod Khosla
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 28
Businessman
Businessperson
National Capital Region of Delhi
Failure
Imagination
Possible
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The willingness to fail gives us the freedom to succeed.
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In my view, it’s irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others.
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If I wanted to be a doctor today I'd go to math school not med school.
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Everybody else is afraid to fail. I do not really care because when I fail, I try something new.
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