Peter Andreas Thiel (born October 11, 1967) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, hedge fund manager, and social critic. Thiel co-founded PayPal with Max Levchin and Elon Musk (see PayPal Mafia) and served...
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The most valuable businesses of coming decades will be built by entrepreneurs who seek to empower people rather than try to make them obsolete. Peter Thiel
The most valuable businesses of coming decades will be built by entrepreneurs who seek to empower people rather than try to make them obsolete.
Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius. Peter Thiel
Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius.
Simply stated, the value of a business today is the sum of all the money it will make in the future. Peter Thiel
Simply stated, the value of a business today is the sum of all the money it will make in the future.
There’s no reason why the future should happen only at Stanford, or in college, or in Silicon Valley. Peter Thiel
There’s no reason why the future should happen only at Stanford, or in college, or in Silicon Valley.
Today our challenge is to both imagine and create the new technologies that can make the 21st century more peaceful and prosperous than the 20th. Peter Thiel
Today our challenge is to both imagine and create the new technologies that can make the 21st century more peaceful and prosperous than the 20th.
Network effects can be powerful, but you’ll never reap them unless your product is valuable to its very first users when the network is necessarily small. Peter Thiel
Network effects can be powerful, but you’ll never reap them unless your product is valuable to its very first users when the network is necessarily small.
All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition. Peter Thiel
All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition.
A great business is defined by its ability to generate cash flows in the future. Peter Thiel
A great business is defined by its ability to generate cash flows in the future.
Finance epitomizes indefinite thinking because it’s the only way to make money when you have no idea how to create wealth. Peter Thiel
Finance epitomizes indefinite thinking because it’s the only way to make money when you have no idea how to create wealth.
If your product requires advertising or salespeople to sell it, it’s not good enough: technology is primarily about product development, not distribution. Peter Thiel
If your product requires advertising or salespeople to sell it, it’s not good enough: technology is primarily about product development, not distribution.
Monopoly is the condition of every successful business. Peter Thiel
Monopoly is the condition of every successful business.
Your company needs to sell more than its product. You must also sell your company to employees and investors. Peter Thiel
Your company needs to sell more than its product. You must also sell your company to employees and investors.
