Vinod Khosla : How to Build the Future

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Vinod Khosla is the founder of Khosla Ventures, a firm focused on assisting entrepreneurs to build impactful new energy and technology companies. https://twitter.com/vkhosla https://www.khoslaventures.com/ Previously he was the founding CEO of Sun Microsystems, where he pioneered open systems and commercial RISC processors. How to Build the Future is hosted by Sam Altman - https://twitter.com/sama *** Topics 00:00 - Vinod’s intro 00:40 - A zero-million-dollar company vs a zero-billion-dollar company 3:50 - What percentage of investors in Silicon Valley are good long-term company builders? 4:20 - Who has earned the right to advise an entrepreneur? 6:20 - Which risk to take when 6:50 - Helpful board members 7:45 - Who to trust for what advice 10:30 - First principles thinking and rate of change 12:30 - Evaluating a candidate in an interview 13:45 - How much should a founder have planned and how ambitious should a founder be? 16:00 - Recruiting great people 18:30 - Building a phenomenal early team 19:50 - Being generous with early employee equity 26:30 - Gene pool engineering - https://www.khoslaventures.com/gene-pool-engineering-for-entrepreneurs 26:48 - The art, science, and labor of recruiting - https://www.khoslaventures.com/the-art-science-and-labor-of-recruiting 27:50 - How founders should think about investors 30:30 - Doers vs pontificators 31:30 - What does Vinod want to do in the next ten years? 31:40 - Reinventing Societal Infrastructure with Technology - https://www.khoslaventures.com/reinventing-societal-infrastructure-with-technology