vinod: i disagree with peter.here are people that would do well without an education and people that would do well in the matter what subject they take. the top 10% or 20%. i think college gives you a grounding to be able to do things that i adapt over time. sets: what do you think countless ventures apart from the other top-tier capitalists? ♪ emily: you went on to found your own fund. what do you think says coastal adventures part from other top-tier venture capitalists? vinod: we tend to be much, much broader. it is an enterprise software company but then we would do and possible foods. dodo rocket lab and we would very hard science stuff. unusual groupvery of things robotics, semi conductors, we have even done a new ear project. ily: you believe most of vc's hurco companies. vinod: applying traditional school metrics to startups is the wrong thing. 's andeople focus on irr rates of returns, it actually hurts the company. i do not believe just because you are an investor, you are the right to advise as a board

vinod: great to be here.mily: 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 hungarian 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 and have 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 pare

vinod: it is important to build bridges with the new administration. i think that is important.ly 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 innovation, but i do believe for the new administration and silicon valley, very focused on innovation and what accelerates it. emily: bill gates also met with donald trump yesterday. let's take a listen to what he had to say. bill gates: we had a g

vinod: they have previously spoken out against clean technology and climate change issues.n ad say is panel couple of years ago with rex tillerson and we both acknowledged climate was a risk. we had different views on the degree of risk it was and he says he's willing to pay less of an insurance premium to manage that risk than i might be willing to. what is the level of risk and what level of insurance or remedial action should we take? emily: you are part of a new $1 billion investment fund focused on cleantech with bill gates, with jack ma, jeff bezos. talk about what you want this to accomplish. i think we need a lot more energy and low carbon rather than in transportation or electric power. that takes a long view and investors are willing to take high technological risk or breakthrough technology. the purpose is to make both of those happen and if they do, i think there's less competition in that area and lots of economic opportunity to create very large businesses. investmentskind of do you expect this fund to make? bill gates has: talked about solar fuel. a good exam

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

vinod khosla grew up in india. he was the son of an officer in the indian army.greed he could curiosity with no limits, as long as his grades didn't suffer. he began by founding sun microsyste