Mohnish Pabrai Quotes

I have invested in four social networks. More than any other.

The Internet rewards scale; by trading higher up-front costs for lower marginal cost, market leaders can invest in better technology and service. As a result, there is nothing online that is both great in quality and small in scale. Amazon wasn't originally a better bookstore than the small shops we mourn, but it is now.

One of the things that has been truly incredible to observe though, is the amount of venture investment that has gone into early stage security technology.

Technology investment drove growth in the 1990s, both directly and by fueling a rising stock market that led to increased consumer spending.

My motivation has always been to do technology apps and companies, not making money. Just because the money's come, nothing's changed.

To succeed in the tech industry, you start businesses, make money, and make smart investments. But to succeed in the tech community, you do and build awesome things, are generous with your time and efforts, and make a point of making space for strangers - without any expectation of payback.

There's absolutely no bubble in technology.

In my opinion, right now there's way too much hype on the technologies and not enough attention to the real businesses behind them.

None of these guys in Silicon Valley would be very rich if you take away government funding for science.

Many tech company execs who visit to pitch products take time to peruse the shelves and exclaim upon various devices they owned in younger days.

Venture capitalists don't pay attention to you unless you have an app or a widget.

Giving our guests faster and better access to the fun is at the heart of our investment in technology.

I'm definitely going back to school to be a computer engineer.

Since its inception, HCL's core focus area has been technology and product development, and hence, we continued to remain in the high end of technology throughout the '90s.

America is the largest investor in the technologies necessary to be able to say to people, 'You can grow your economy so people's standard of living can improve, and at the same time be good stewards of the environment'.

For those who wish to stay and work in computer science or technology, fields badly in need of their services, let’s roll out the welcome mat.

As for companies invested in the space - I think its important to distinguish between a good investment and a material climate change technology - you can have the first without the second, even in the "clean tech" space.

Computer science is the operating system for all innovation.

I am reminded of a piece of advice my father gave me regarding shoes. ...He said it is better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones. One pair made of fine leather could outlast four inferior pairs and, if well-cared-for, would continue to proclaim your good judgment and taste no matter how old they become.

The CMO is expected to spend more on technology than the CIO by 2017.

It seems like we're spending billions of dollars on whiz-bang technology and not enough money on human resources, which really is proven to be the most effective way of stopping terrorism.

I'm sure that in the fullness of time we'll learn that one or more of these seemingly promising technologies were dead ends. And that's the nature of innovation, and that's why we should spread our bets; we should not put our eggs in any one basket. Some of these will be grand successes, some of them will be average, and some of them will be abject failures.

I myself have invested in Uber and Hailo, I think they offer great alternatives to disrupt markets that have remained unchanged for many years.

Books: a beautifully browsable invention that needs no electricity and exists in a readable form no matter what happens.

Computer science needs to be part of the core curriculum - like algebra, biology, physics, or chemistry. We need all schools to teach it, not just 10%.