ClaimsVinod Khosla

“I prefer brutal honesty to hypocritical politeness.”

Vinod Khosla 9 September 2012 TechCrunch: Do You Need to be a Jerk to be a Successful Entrepreneur? (Khosla Ventures) archived copy

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I prefer brutal honesty to hypocritical politeness.

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Vinod Khosla, “I prefer brutal honesty to hypocritical politeness.” (said 9 September 2012). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_f50171eaeece, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_f50171eaeece

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