The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) · Monday, June 29, 2026
KR Sridhar, CEO of Bloom Energy, shared his perspective on facing adversity, emphasizing that falling down is less important than getting up. He believes that difficult experiences shape individuals and that the key is to learn from them without dwelling on the past. Sridhar advocates for looking forward and maintaining the belief that tomorrow will be better.
“To lose is something I simply cannot contemplate. There's nothing that I do where I put effort, I put time, and I think of failures as an option.”
“The really hard experiences are what shape you. What you're really made of. It's very easy to feel like you're a hero when everything is going well for you. These hard experiences, as hard as they may be, if you just learn from it and look forward.”
“Believe that tomorrow is always going to be better than today. At a minimum, life gets easier when you have that attitude.”