vinod: great to be here.mily: you are known for being an investor who challenges -- you not only challenges conventional wisdom. you explode it. how early did that start? vinod: if you are successful early, and lock counts a lot, -- and luck counts a lot, the ability to do things others may not have the freedom to do. i used it to my advantage early. i was always interested in radical change, big ideas. 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 invested in business or technology. i grew up in an army household. i read about an immigrant coming to this country to start a company. i was 15. the technology, which was intel, sounded very cool. i fell in love with that idea stayed with that idea since. i wanted to start a company and realized how hard it is to start a company in most parts of the world. emily: you now say technology is your religion. were you raised religious? vinod: my parents were norma

emily: vinod khosla there.dive into the future of aless -- eggless mayo maker hampton creek. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: returning to my exclusive conversation with vinod khosla, founder of khosla ventures and hampton creek -- investor and hampton creek. i asked khosla for his thoughts on the troubled company's future. khosla: there was a bloomberg article recently. the reporter believed a former employee who bought some stock and accused the company of giving false information. i would have bought his stock. if he thought he was defrauded, why not sell the stock back and not lose a penny? marc benioff is an investor. he did not feel defrauded. his wife is on the board. maybe there is other stuff we 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. emily: do the allegations bother you? do they concern you? khosla: eddie company that has employees leave, they have allegations. sometimes they are right. 70% of the time, they

emily: vinod khosla on bloomberg "studio 1.0."n khosla gives us his take on the gender gap in silicon valley. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: in part two of our conversation with vinod khosla, we talked about the advice he gives to entrepreneurs. we talked about why he believes most vc's actually hurt rather than help. take a listen. khosla: applying business school metrics to innovative startups is the wrong thing. when people do that, they actually hurt a company. i do not believe just because you have earned the right to advise an entrepreneur, but being a board member. if you are going to advise entrepreneurs, you should have started companies, known how hard and painful it is, how difficult the trade-offs are. it is painful being an entrepreneur. life is not easy, not unless you have empathy for an entrepreneur by having done it yourself -- in 30 years, i have never ever voted against an entrepreneur. they do not need hypocritical politeness from board members trying to be their friends and not help them think through all the r

next week, the agency may decide to pursue a claim of eminent domain to take the land from vinod khosla. >>> anybody hoping to rent a room in san francisco may be confined by a 60-day cap. the board of supervisors has just voted to place a hard cap of 60 days on short-term rentals like the ones posted through airbnb. because the vote was 7-3, mayor lee can veto the decision. the legislation stemmed from the disparity between the number of rentals registered with the city and active hosts on airbnb. >>> hundreds of people are expected to gather in golden gate park today for the annual life in the grove. it's a fundraising event to support the national aids memorial mission on the eve of world aids day. the grove was designated as the national aids memorial back nearly two decades ago. it all starts at 6 p.m. >>> tonight a special session of the state legislature is expected to wind down without any clear direction on how we'll fix bad california roads. kpix 5's anne makovec reports on how much the pairs will cost us. anne. >> reporter: -- how much the repairs will cost us. anne. >> repor

joining me today on "bloomberg studio 1.0," vinod khosla.

vinod khosla grew up in india.ts agreed he could explore his curiosity these with no limits as his grades didn't suffer. he began by founding sun microsystems. he helps entrepreneurs take the sameks

vinod khosla grew up in india. the son of an officer in the indian army. agreed he could explore his boyhood curiosities was no limits, as long as his grades did not suffer. he began by founding sun microsystems. he helps entrepren

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