A biography for Steve Jurvetsonhasn’t been written yet.
“Charging a fee for an online service is a good way to lose 90 percent of your customers.”
“Something new will always be the source of growth in Silicon Valley.”
“If you ask any VC what it takes to be successful, you'll get a description that sounds a lot like himself. There's a preference for self-similar individuals.”
“Lots of deals happen in situations that aren't 'pure work.'”
“I don't really care what the venture industry thinks.”
“The commercial space industry is enormous and ripe for disruption.”
“I don't want to be a driving machine on my daily commute; I want to be driven by a machine.”
“We look for companies that are unlike anything we've ever seen before, with a bold vision to change the world and run by passionate entrepreneurs who get you jumping out of your seat.”
“Go to the moon - that's my dream.”
“There are many good ideas out there that never get an audience.”
“No politician has a 50-year horizon.”
“If I want to make a product that is appealing to consumers, like a piece of clothing or a video game, that's fad driven. Some companies do it, and I don't know how they do it, but it's generally a bad place to invest.”
“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.”
“We believe strongly that all meaningful change comes from entrepreneurs.”
“Development of space will improve life on Earth. Access to space is important for agriculture, humanitarian efforts, communications, and navigation.”
“Generally speaking, if you control matter more precisely, you can get more efficiency out of any process.”
“In general, when it comes to AI, many of us subconsciously cling to the selfish notion that humanity is the endpoint of evolution.”
“Building and launching rockets has been a lifelong hobby that my son and I share. We regularly travel to Nevada's Black Rock Desert to launch rockets.”
“Being slick is not the right answer.”
“If you think 20 years out and ask what's the most important company on the planet, it is not any company you could write down today. The most important company 20 years from now has not even been founded yet and doesn't have a name.”