Vinod Khosla

Silicon Valley: Failing the Way to Better Education

Dr. Keith Devlin | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Education, Mathematics Education, Khan Academy, Palo Alto, Vinod Khosla, Silicon Valley, Palo Alto Startups, Technology Startups, Silicon Valley Startups, Failed Startups, Startup Failures, Technology News

If there is one thing Silicon Valley knows how to do, it is fail. We do it all the time, and that is the secret of our famed success.

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Plays Well With Others?

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: VOW to Hire Heroes Act, Iraq Veterans, President Obama, Joining Forces, Vinod Khosla, Veterans, Public-Private Partnerships, Impact News

In the midst of today's epic congressional gridlock with its potentially disastrous impacts on the well being of our entire country, Monday brought a bright spot; President Obama signed into law the VOW to Hire Heroes Act.

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Solyndra: A Venture Capitalist's View

Alison van Diggelen | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Khosla Ventures, Alison Van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues, Venture Capital, Solyndra, Interview, Cleantech, Andrew Chung, Silicon Valley, Clean Energy, Cleantech Steven Chu, Vinod-Khosla, CleanTech Open, Green News

Andrew Chung shares his views on the Post Solyndra Era. Will the failure of Solyndra have a significant impact on private sector cleantech investment? How does Chung respond to critics who say that cleantech investment is a disaster?

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Women In Power: The Race To Create Next-Gen Batteries

Matthew Dakotah | Posted 08.25.2011

Read More: Ann Marie Sastry Profile, Ann Marie Sastry, Women in Power, Ann Marie Sastry Bio, sakti3, Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures, Green News

Sastry says the energy density of batteries must double "if we're to have a serious impact on the market with electric vehicles." That translates to twice the range, or "doubling the size of your electric gas tank."

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The Real Motivation Behind Going Public in Philanthropy

Suzanne Skees | Posted 07.31.2011

For Warren Buffet and me, giving feels really good, because the truth is, we receive more than the supposed recipient. This thing we call "love of humankind," philanthropy, infuses our whole being with love of self.

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Bill Gates Invests $35 Million In Nuclear Reactor

MarketWatch | John Letzing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Reactor, Bill Gates, Nuclear Power, Vinod Khosla, Alternative Energy, Charles River Ventures, Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft Corp, Khosla Ventures, Green Technology, Intellectual Ventures, Uranium, Terrapower, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates has contributed to an additional $35 million investment round for TerraPower LLC, a...

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Tony Blair Picks Green Tech, Silicon Valley, & Sand Castles

Donnie Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Technology, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Vinod Khosla, Tony Blair, Cleantech, Green News

What do rocket science and video projectors embedded in cell phones have in common? They're both part of the clean tech future envisioned by Tony Blair and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla.

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Tony Blair Picks Silcon Valley, Green Tech, & Sand Castles

Donnie Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Technology, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Vinod Khosla, Cleantech, Tony Blair, Green News

What do rocket science and video projectors embedded in cell phones have in common? They're both part of the clean tech future envisioned by Tony Blair and the superlative venture capitalist Vinod Khosla.

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Tony Blair To Join Venture Capital Firm

BROOKE DONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Britain, Tony Blair, Khosla Ventures, Clean Technology, Kleiner Perkins Caufield, Vinod Khosla, Silicon Valley, Business News

SAUSALITO, Calif. (AP)— Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is joining a Silicon Valley business as a senior adviser on environmental issues. ...

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ECO:nomics -- Creating Environmental Capital

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Cap and Trade, T. Boone Pickens, Rio Tinto, Carbon Emissions, Royal Dutch Shell, Venture Capitalists, John Doerr, ECO:Nomics, Energy Bill, Business, Green Energy, Wall Street Journal, Vinod Khosla, Green News

If there is one clear message coming out of the ECO:nomics Conference, it's that we need to assign a price or cost to carbon emissions, and soon.

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Dear Vinod Khosla and Tom Friedman: No Amount of Sequestration Will Make Coal "Clean"

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Air Particulates, Coal Sludge, Mountaintop Removal, Water Pollution, Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Mercury, Coal Ash, Air Pollution, Vinod Khosla, Coal, Externalities, Green News

Even if a coal-fired power plant sequestered 100 percent of its carbon pollution, it would not be "clean."

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Green Venture Fund Raises $1 Billion

Mother Nature Network | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Green Venture Fund, Green Start Ups, Green Investing, Vinod Khosla, Green News

A well-known Silicon Valley investor with a penchant for green technology companies has raised more than $1 billion for two new venture funds....

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Green World-Changers: The Plenty 20 Green People And Businesses

Plenty | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Innovation, Al Gore, Michael Pollan, Kathleen Sebelius, Innovation, Green Living, Green Investing, Vinod Khosla, Van Jones, Green News

Plenty magazine has named its top 20 people and top 20 businesses in the game of green innovation. They seemed to have skipped me, but next year I'm g...

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