Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Tech billionaire Vinod Khosla's appetite for risk dates back to 1976, when he first came to the U.S. from India, knowing no one but driven by his ambition to start his own company. He breaks down how he applies risk to his own life—and his investing.

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Chapters:
0:00 Paying more taxes
0:43 How you approach risk
1:51 Realizing you’ve made more money than your dad
3:10 Focusing on convexity
3:45 Is OpenAI overvalued?
4:39 Leaving Daisy and building new things
5:13 Design thinking
6:25 Building a habit of creating
7:08 Leaving Sun Microsystems
7:45 Advice to those who struggle with risk
8:29 Tax philosophy

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