Steve Jurvetson

“Steve Jobs was my hero.”

“If you thought financial crises came and went, just count on them - another economic collapse, it's almost going to be like not news any more. But for startups this is great, because it's a perpetual driver of disruption.”

“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?”

“The short version is I'm just a total Apple fanboy. I started programming Apples in seventh grade.”

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

“History has proven time and again that downturns are the best time to invest in new start-ups. You get good deals and find a better environment for start-ups to grow.”

“Steve Jobs now rests with the sublime satisfaction of symbolic immortality.”

“SpaceX is very unusual. I don't know of any other startup where the founder put in $100 million of his own money before looking for any outside capital. They have wildly exceeded any reasonable expectations.”

“IT is permeating more industries. Moore's Law knocks down simulation capabilities. We don't need wind tunnels anymore, for example. You can run experiments more quickly.”

“We definitely stand behind Theranos in the sense of, we are an investor, and we want them to succeed.”

“I started programming Apples in seventh grade.”

“SpaceX lowered the cost of going into space by 10x.”

“As a geek, I take umbrage at the notion that chips are not sexy. But yes, robots, drones, satellites and self-driving cars are the kinds of things that excite me.”

“Personally, I do not look at IPOs for an exit.”

“If your startup is only in the development or idea stage, there is almost no better predictor of failure - I mean, utter failure, scorched-earth bankruptcy - than raising too much money in the first round.”

“By developing deep learning solutions that are faster, easier, and less expensive to use, Nervana is democratizing deep learning and fueling advances in medical diagnostics, image and speech recognition, genomics, agriculture, finance, and eventually across all industries.”

“It is quite moving to hold a piece of Mars in your hands and to reflect on its incredible interplanetary journey, and the science that gives confidence as to the origin of this unusual rock.”

“Corporate houses and big companies can be meaningful distribution channels for start-ups.”

“Beyond self-driving cars, I think all airplanes should go pilotless. Get the pilots out of there. Even better, have no cockpit at all, and turn it into a nice lounge with a bar. Why give people the illusion of control with a steering wheel?”

“The economies of the future are information.”