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I'm not a political person. I'm a techie nerd, and I enjoy the techie part. I mean, all my life, I've loved great technology.

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Vinod Khosla
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 28
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National Capital Region of Delhi
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Where most entrepreneurs fail is on the things they don't know they don't know.
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Screw up often but screw up ahead of everybody else, and than learn as much, and than use it to make subsequent investments.
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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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I don’t mind the low probability of success, but it better be impactful if we do succeed.
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