In His Own Words

Plant lots of seeds. Water everyone’s. Repeat.

His personal operating system — and the most quoted line in every tribute.

How can I help?

The first question he asked almost everyone he met.

My hobby is startups. I don’t watch sports or anything like that. So this is what I do.

To the Austin American-Statesman, 2012.

I want to be an investor in every great tech company that comes out of Austin. That’s probably unrealistic, but…

To the Statesman, 2012. He came closer than anyone thought possible.

I help people quit their jobs.

His X bio, for many years.

Lots of smart people in a small space.

His thesis for Capital Factory, in a single line. CNN Business, 2012.

Austin is one of the few places where these things are forced to converge and live together. It could be unstoppable if Austin can maintain dialogue and collaboration across different perspectives.

In conversation with Brett Hurt, Austin Tech Week, 2024.

You are going to see more change in the next ten years than you’ve ever seen in the entire history of technology.

Same conversation. He was right, and he intended to be in the middle of it.

I want to be Brad when I grow up.

In an email to Brad Feld. Brad later wrote: “Josh, you had it backwards.”