“If your startup is only in the development or idea stage, there is almost no better predictor of failure - I mean, utter failure, scorched-earth bankruptcy - than raising too much money in the firs...”

“The commercial space industry is enormous and ripe for disruption.”

“Biotech 1.0 is slow, like a lab science, and Version 2.0 is more like computational sciences.”

“By developing deep learning solutions that are faster, easier, and less expensive to use, Nervana is democratizing deep learning and fueling advances in medical diagnostics, image and speech recogn...”

“The deep learning techniques, while relatively easy to learn, are quite foreign to traditional engineering modalities. It takes a different mindset and a relaxation of the presumption of control. T...”

“Elon Musk wins you over with his elegant mastery of engineering, be it for the rocket or the car. But what blew my socks off was when our conversation veered way off topic. We started musing about ...”

“You can find a better you inside of you. Why dont you search for that?”

“Do not fear to give yourself a chance that will change you for the better.”

“He explained that often times it's the love of something- like money, material, possessions, or power-and the fear of losing them, that command people to act. That love and fear are really the only...”

“I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics.”

“I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.”

“Texas humor and Southern humor are pretty similar.”