vinod khosla grew up in india. he was the son of an officer in the indian army.is parents agreed he could curiosity with no limits, as long as his grades didn't suffer. he began by founding sun microsystems. he then became a venture capitalist. he helps entrepreneurs take the same risks he has no fear of taking. joining me today on "bloomberg studio 1.0," vinod khosla. thank you so much for being here. it is great to have you. vinod: great to be here. emily: you are known for being an investor who not only challenges conventional wisdom, you explode it. how early did that start? vinod: one of the privileges you get if you succeed early, and luck counts a lot, is the ability to do things others may not have the freedom to do. so i used it to my advantage very early. i was always interested in radical change, big ideas. and i got the opportunity to do that. emily: you were raised in delhi, india. what might we find a young vinod doing? vinod: i did not find anyone around me interested in business or technology. i grew up in an army household. i read about a hungari

possiblerite down the changes a trumpet ministration --ht bring is vinod khosla:, you have made majoron clean energy technology. i'm told the top topics were jobs, immigration, china. it was very friendly and productive, yet silicon valley spoke out vocally against donald trump and continue to disagree fundamentally on a lot of issues. what is your reaction to what we know about the note we are starting on here? it is important to build bridges with the new administration. i think that is important. it too early to tell what the policy will leave. there are significant areas where we will agree and other areas where there will be some disagreement. emily: jeff bezos just said the meeting was very productive. you and i spoke before the election and i know you are not a donald trump supporter. what are your biggest concerns with a trumpet ministration? vinod: the area i think that needs the most conversation around climate change and clean technology i expect will have relatively good agreement on skilled immigration, taxes need to be addressed, but that applies more to the larger compa

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vinod khosla, founder of khosla ventures joined us to discuss the possible changes the trump administrationhe was also the inventor of sun microsystems, and he has made big bets on major shifts in consumer enterprise technology. take a listen. vinod: it is important to build bridges with the new administration. i think that is important. it is too early to tell what the policies will be. they will be significant areas where we agree, and areas where there will be some disagreement. emily: amazon ceo jeff bezos told us the meeting was very productive. you and i spoke before the election. i know you were not a donald trump supporter. what are your biggest concerns with the trump administration? vinod: the area that needs the most conversation is around climate change and clean technologies. i suspect we will have relatively good agreement on things like skilled immigration, taxes needs to be addressed, but that address applies more to the larger companies like amazon and google and apple. there will be smaller company issues around skilled immigration into this country. it is important to inn

vinod khosla grew up in india.sity these with no limits as his grades didn't suffer. he began by founding sun microsystems. he then became a venture capitalist. he helps entrepreneurs take the same risks he has no fear of taking. joining me today on "bloomberg

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vinod khosla was the cofounder of sun microsystems and has made big bets on technology.listen. vinod: it is important to build bridges with the new administration. i think that is important. it is too early to tell what the policies will be. where wel be areas agree, and areas where there will be some disagreement. told us thebezos meeting was very productive. theand i spoke before election. i know you are not a donald trump supporter. what are your biggest concerns with the trumpet ministration? vinod: the area that needs the most conversation is around climate change and clean technologies. i suspect we will have relatively good agreement on things like skilled immigration, buts need to be addressed, that applies more to the larger companies like microsoft, amazon, and google, and apple. companies be smaller around skilled immigration into this country. it is important to innovation, but i believe the new administration and silicon valley is focused on innovation. emily: bill gates also met with donald trump yesterday. let's take a listen to what we had to say. >> we h