{"id":2647,"date":"2013-10-31T06:55:19","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T01:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dilipoakacademy.com\/blog\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2023-02-28T12:39:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T07:09:49","slug":"indians-who-made-it-big-in-america-vinod-khosla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dilipoakacademy.com\/2013\/10\/31\/indians-who-made-it-big-in-america-vinod-khosla\/","title":{"rendered":"Indians Who Made It Big in America: Vinod Khosla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dilipoakacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/VinodKhosla1.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3195\" title=\"VinodKhosla1\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dilipoakacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/VinodKhosla1-224x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dilipoakacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/VinodKhosla1-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/blog.dilipoakacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/VinodKhosla1.png 434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;<\/em><em>An entrepreneur is someone who dares to dream the dreams <\/em><em>and is foolish enough to try to make those dreams come true.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>~ <\/em><em style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; line-height: 32px;\">from the website of khoslaventures<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><strong>Education Track:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B. Tech (Electrical Engineering), IIT Delhi<\/li>\n<li>Masters in Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University<\/li>\n<li>MBA Stanford Graduate School of Business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Achievements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Net worth 1.5 billion as of March 2013 (according to Forbes)<\/li>\n<li>He has created 6 jobs for everyday that he has been in America<\/li>\n<li>One of the founders of Indian School of Business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>His Story<\/strong> For a superb read on Vinod Khosla&#8217;s life, philosophy and achievements click <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a title=\"Vinod Khosla Bio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asianpacificfund.org\/annual-campaign\/honoree-vinod-khosla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">here<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vinod Khosla Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cMy philosophy in life is I don\u2019t mind failing in trying new things. But it better be relevant if we succeed. I don\u2019t mind the low probability of success, but I better be impactful if we do succeed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>\u201cOur willingness to fail gives us the ability and opportunity to succeed where others may fear to tread.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">and here&#8217;s one from Michael Jordan, who is obviously a role model for Vinod Khosla<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>\u201cI&#8217;ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I&#8217;ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times, I&#8217;ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I&#8217;ve failed over and over and over again in my life. 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