What do religious conviction and the awareness of liabilities have to do with entrepreneurship? They're key to being a successful entrepreneur, according to Vinod Khosla, formerly a General Partner at Kleiner Perkins and founder of
Sun Microsystems. Khosla has been behind some of the most innovative ideas across Silicon Valley. Vinod was labeled the No. 1 VC by Forbes and
Fortune recently labeled him as one the nation's most influential
ethanol advocates. Khosla shares his wisdom about what it takes to build companies. Besides conviction, Khosla also talks about the need for entrepreneurs to have the "bullheadedness" to "crash through walls" when times are tough, which will be often and frequent.















Thank you Mr. Khosla,
I find your advice enlightning, as an entrepreneurship myself I find that the hardest thing to do is finding good quality people who have a similar level of conviction and commitment.
While not new to crashing through walls myself, I find that good family support also comes a long way in going through rough times, in addition one has to accept that things aren't always going to go as planned and that things, and many of them, can go wrong at any given time.
I was blessed to be in a position that allowed me to save many lives during the current war in Iraq, and I learn this hard lesson, of having the "bullheadedness" to "crash through walls" in a much different environment, but the experience has allowed me apply the same concept to my entrepreneur ventures.
To Bambi Francisco:
Could we get more wisdom from this man? a second or continuation video would be great, thank you.