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Your account has been registered for an hour, and within that hour you've managed to make 7 comments very critical of Khosla. Certain things you've said are imm
by clicks 13y ago
Your account has been registered for an hour, and within that hour you've managed to make 7 comments very critical of Khosla. Certain things you've said are immediately and verifiably false. You're not exactly screaming trustworthiness here, but anyway.
Making good investment decisions when it comes to green is HARD, as evidenced by the failures of KCPB (Fisker), the government (Solyndra), and the hesitance of YC (why does YC have a history of not accepting green ventures? Why don't they get a partner who's learned in this area? Danielle Fong is obviously brilliant (dropped out from Princeton at age 17... where she was doing her PhD), yet she was rejected by YC -- and went on to get funding from Khosla Ventures and Peter Thiel). The science of investment strategies when it comes to web companies is considerably easier - it is mostly solved to a great number of people, it isn't that easy when it comes to green companies. I think it is logical then, considering that unlike the webspace, this is VC's market, that the terms would be more favorable for them.
Anyway though, I wonder if you've got a bad impression of Khosla because of his sometimes brash mannerisms? His aggressive incisiveness?
- coleslawfail 13y agoPoint to what I've said that is false. Danielle is great. But do you know the terms she and her team got? She doesn't control the board, does she? As for me, direct experiences and those of many people I know. Vinod's duplicity is well-known.
- wozniacki 13y agoCare to cite a Khosla-gate? I don't remember one. I'm sure a Calacanis or a Wilson would have exposed a crooked VC with show & stow tactics. Others have been flogged quite publicly. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=893845 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=893845 http://betabeat.com/2011/12/pay-to-pitch-how-much-is-too-much/ http://betabeat.com/2011/12/pay-to-pitch-how-much-is-too-muc... http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/10/paying-to-pitch.html http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/10/paying-to-pitch.html