Why VC Steve Jurvetson never sells a share of a company he invests in




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Summary: Steve Jurvetson is one of the hottest VCs in the country. As managing director of DFJ, he serves on the boards of Tesla Motors, Synthetic Genomics and SpaceX. In 2012, Deloitte named him Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist of the Year. His eye for investments has been honed over a long working history in the Valley. Jurvetson’s work history includes R&D engineering at Hewlett-Packard, product marketing at Apple, and he was the founding VC investor at Hotmail. He owns the first Tesla Model S. When he sat down with Jason, their conversation ranged widely: from the dark days of Tesla in 2008, to the future of machine learning, to why he's never sold a share of any company in his portfolio. This is a can't-miss interview.