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" Without disruptions, startups can't survive. "

Steve Jurvetson

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" One very interesting framework for a company to succeed over time - beyond just business logic and analytics - is, do they have a reason why the best graduates in engineering programs will flock to them versus competitors? "

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" Technology business increasingly becomes difficult to predict because technology itself is accelerating in change, and human nature and markets are more stagnant and static. But the dynamic engine of technological innovation continues unabated. "

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" Machine learning allows us to build software solutions that exceed human understanding and shows us how AI can innervate every industry. "

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" Elon Musk is a remarkable individual. "

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" In general, when it comes to AI, many of us subconsciously cling to the selfish notion that humanity is the endpoint of evolution. "

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" You have to build businesses for longer term. "

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" I do lament how many investors focus on all the short-term sugar buzz of some marginal improvement in something - nothing history books are ever going to be written about. In many cases, these are quick and easy ways to make money. "

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" There is no correlation between a weak IPO market and an impact on early-stage VCs. "

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" IT is now reaching out to fuels and chemicals, energy and clean tech, rockets, all kinds of bizarre industries that formerly didn't face much competition. "

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" The bad news is that most traditional VCs have a youth bias that they will state very overtly. You always wonder if that's a self-fulfilling prophecy or if it's something about the nature of those businesses. "

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" Hotmail went from zero to 12 million users with zero marketing steps. Not a penny was spent on sales and marketing, which was astounding. It showed us the power of the network effect. "

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" A big part of green tech will be organisms that eat waste. "

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