Vinod Khosla, Rich Barton lead Vittana’s new ‘League of Extraordinary Tech Superheroes’

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Venture capital Vinod Khosla and Zillow co-founder Rich Barton have joined forces to bankroll Vittana, the Seattle non-profit that’s attempting to wipe out youth poverty through education-oriented microloans. The contributions of Khosla and Barton mark the largest in Vittana’s history, and set the organization on a path to become self sustainable. The exact amount of… Read More…

Vinod Khosla on failure, thinking big and why the best entrepreneurs are under 25

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Don’t call Vinod Khosla a venture capitalist. After all, the venerable Silicon Valley investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist doesn’t really have the best opinion of those who invest other people’s money in startups. “I refuse to call myself a venture capitalist, and it pisses off most venture capitalists,” said Khosla, speaking at the kick-off event for… Read More…

Vinod Khosla invests in Michael Arrington’s CrunchFund

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At a talk this evening on the University of Washington campus, it didn’t take long for Michael Arrington to break some news about his newly-formed venture capital fund, CrunchFund. Arrington was interviewing notable venture capitalist Vinod Khosla as the kick off for Startup Weekend EDU when the outspoken TechCrunch founder — wearing his green Unpaid… Read More…

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla coming to Seattle for Startup Weekend Edu

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Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla plans to deliver one of the keynote addresses at the upcoming Startup Weekend Edu event, which is taking place at the University of Washington September 30th to October 2nd. “Vinod Khosla is one of the biggest names in the startup world…,” said TeachStreet founder Dave Schappell in a blog post. ”I can’t… Read More…