Vinod Khosla: Freedom to fail is key ingredient in success

The willingness to fail is the key ingredient in success, billionaire investor Vinod Khosla told the audience at the Failcon conference in San Francisco today.

Failcon is an annual event where people gather to talk about failing their way to success, a unique forum that celebrates mistakes.

Khosla (pictured) has had may successes, but he also knows about failure first hand. He was one of the founders of Sun Microsystems, as well as a partner … Continue Reading

Java creator James Gosling joins ocean robot maker Liquid Robotics

James Gosling, the creator of the Java programming language, has joined Liquid Robotics, a maker of robot vehicles that explore the bottom of the ocean, as its chief software architect.

Gosling is a former Sun Microsystems fellow who is best known as the father of the Java programming language, which has become pervasive as a web-based programming environment since it was first released in 1994. Bill Vass, chief executive of Liquid Robotics, was a former … Continue Reading

Former Sun CEO launches new startup using just Twitter

Sun Microsystems co-founder and former CEO Scott McNealy is taking an unconventional approach to launching his new startup: He’s using little more than Twitter to publicize it.

McNealy’s new startup is called WayIn and the company’s website is essentially barren of information outside of a few job postings. However, it does tell visitors to follow the Twitter accounts of @wayin and @scottmcnealy for updates.

McNealy used Twitter on Wednesday for a “live” Q&A session that … Continue Reading