vinod khosla there was a -- khosla: there was a bloomberg article recently. believed a employee who bought some stock and accused the company of giving false information. stock. have bought his if he thought he was defrauded, why not sell the stock back and not lose a penny? is an investor. he did not feel defrauded. his wife is on the board. stuff were is other will discover. i personally went and talked to him. he did not have one credible allegation. i talked to the people he suggested i talk to. botherdo the allegations you? do they concern you? eddie company that has employees leave, they have allegations. sometimes they are right. 70% of the time, they are just bitterness. we look into them when they are serious. i will not comment on the specifics, but suffice it to say we are always looking. is the buyback relevant? the 77,000 dollars reported? completely irrelevant to our .nvestment decision egg board was plotting to destroy hampton creek because the egg industry hated them. unilever sued hampton creek for calling their mayo mayo and then withdrew it

what do you think sets khosla ventures apart from other top-tier ventures?inod: we tend to be much broader. we will do impossible foods. we will do rocketry like rocket lab. we will do hard science. we do very unusual things. robotics, semiconductors, even nuclear projects. emily: you believe that most vc's hurco companies, not help them. what do you mean by that? vinod: applying traditional business flow metrics to start ups is the wrong thing. and people focus on irr's rates of return, they actually hurt the company. i don't believe just because you are an investor, you have earned the right to advise an entrepreneur by being a board member. you should have started a company, knowing how hard it is, how difficult the trade-offs are. it is painful being an entrepreneur. life is not easy. unless you have and the -- and , you do not empathy have the right to advise and on her. in 30 years, i have never voted against an entrepreneur. they do not need for critical politeness -- hypocritical politeness from board members. to same board members want talk as if th

emily: my exclusive interview with the founder of khosla ventures on studio 1.0.ezos said emma charlie rose this week at the economic club of new york and was asked whether company's secretive reputation particularly around disclosure about how many prime members it has. about the number of members won't make anyone related to join prime. people already know a lot of people whose friends are prime members. it is true that the consumer businesses and enterprise businesses that people do some degree fight to be with the leader and be in the crowd. you do want people to know you are a leader. you want people to know you are -- that the offerings are successful in people using them, but you don't to quantify that for consumers. emily: that full interview coming up on the next episode of charlie rose here on bloomberg television. uses it self driving truck unit to make a beer run. talked about successfully putting autonomous truck into the wild next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: it has been a bumpy ride for uber in the u.k. the judge ruled they should be paid a living

emily: my exclusive interview with the founder of khosla ventures on studio 1.0.o jeff bezos said emma -- sat down with charlie rose this week at the economic club of new york and was asked whether company's secretive reputation particularly around disclosure about how many prime members it has. jeff: boasting about the number of members won't make anyone related to join prime. people already know a lot of people whose friends are prime members. it is true that the consumer businesses and enterprise businesses that people do some degree fight to be with the leader and be in the crowd. you do want people to know you are a leader. you want people to know you are -- that the offerings are successful in people using them, but you don't to quantify that for consumers. emily: that full interview coming up on the next episode of charlie rose here on bloomberg television. up next, uber uses it self driving truck unit to make a beer run. we talked about successfully putting autonomous truck into the wild next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: it has been a bumpy ride for uber i

one claim is state officials have harassed khosla and his property... for refusing to give up his private property rights. >> pam:khosla bought the beach property back in 2009... and sought to close it off to the public. the lawsuit seeks an injunction prohibiting state officials from requiring that khosla's companies allow public access to the beach. >> pam:the case is set to go before a judge in oakland on february 3rd. return to >> reporter:last weekend's storms brought a nice boost for one reservoir in the south bay. >> pam:but as kron four's rob fladeboe explains now, the diverted rainfall is being released, because it arrived a little bit too soon >> reporter: what happened was the 11 in. of rainfall. that boosted levels in this reservoir from 30 to 39%. because of that rainfall phil before november 1st the extra water is now be released. >> is a certain date for some of our reservoir to keep the water and then divert the water. a lot of the water was done before november 1st so, we captured water but we need to release it because it's not what th

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