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Peter Thiel Quotes

You want to be the last company in a category. Those are the ones that are really valuable Picture Quote #1

Your mind is software. Program it. Your body is a shell. Change it. Death is a disease. Cure it. Extinction is approaching. Fight it Picture Quote #1

Consider the trivial but revealing hallmarks of urban hipsterdom: faux vintage photography, the handlebar mustache, and vinyl record players all hark back to an earlier time when people were still optimistic about the future. If everything worth doing has already been done, you may as well feign an allergy to achievement and become a barista Picture Quote #1

We cannot take for granted that the future will be better, and that means we need to work to create it today Picture Quote #1

Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and slavishly copy what has worked in the past Picture Quote #1

My own answer to the contrarian question is that most people think the future of the world will be defined by globalization, but the truth is that technology matters more Picture Quote #1

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The most successful businesses have an idea for the future that’s very different from the present Picture Quote #1

Probably the most extreme form of inequality is between people who are alive and people who are dead Picture Quote #1

Big part of the challenge to innovation is that people too easily resign themselves to dying Picture Quote #1

We need more pessimism that the future might be a lot worse, and we need more optimism that the future might be better Picture Quote #1

You’ll attract the employees you need if you can explain why your mission is compelling: not why it’s important in general, but why you’re doing something important that no one else is going to get done Picture Quote #1

Every tech story is different. Every moment in history happens only once. All successful companies are successful in their own unique way. It’s your task to figure out what that future history will be Picture Quote #1

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Customers won’t care about any particular technology unless it solves a particular problem in a superior way. And if you can’t monopolize a unique solution for a small market, you’ll be stuck with vicious competition Picture Quote #1

The best entrepreneurs know this: every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside. A great company is a conspiracy to change the world; when you share your secret, the recipient becomes a fellow conspirator Picture Quote #1

Darwinism may be a fine theory in other contexts, but in startups, intelligent design works best Picture Quote #1

If you can identify a delusional popular belief, you can find what lies hidden behind it: the contrarian truth Picture Quote #1

As you craft a plan to expand to adjacent markets, don’t disrupt: Avoid competition as much as possible Picture Quote #1

The biggest secret in venture capital is that the best investment in a successful fund equals or outperforms the entire rest of the fund combined Picture Quote #1

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There are only two kinds of businesses in this world: Businesses in crazy competition, and businesses that are one of a kind Picture Quote #1

Anyone who prefers owning part of your company to being paid in cash reveals a preference for the long term and a commitment to increasing your company’s value in the future Picture Quote #1

I think that markets classically fail in cases where there are public goods that provide benefits that people cannot capture. The big debate is how big these public goods are, where they exist, things of that sort Picture Quote #1

I do tend to think that things that have incredibly long time horizons often do involve market failures Picture Quote #1

In the developed world, technological progress means that you can have a situation where there’s growth, where there’s a way in which everybody can be better off over time Picture Quote #1

Technology is probably the single biggest driver of productivity gains for the developed countries. For example, I think it’s much more important than free trade Picture Quote #1

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The developing world can just do things that are extensive or horizontal, that basically copy. The developed world needs to do things that are intensive or vertical, where we take our civilization to the next level Picture Quote #1

The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something that people should try to do earlier on Picture Quote #1

Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole Picture Quote #1

I think anything that requires real global breakthroughs requires a degree of intensity and sustained effort that cannot be done part time, so it’s something you have to do around the clock, and that doesn’t compute with our existing educational system Picture Quote #1

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You want to be the last company in a category. Those are the ones that are really valuable (Peter Thiel Quotes) Your mind is software. Program it. Your body is a shell. Change it. Death is a disease. Cure it. Extinction is approaching. Fight it (Peter Thiel Quotes) Consider the trivial but revealing hallmarks of urban hipsterdom: faux vintage photography, the handlebar mustache, and vinyl record players all hark back to an earlier time when people were still optimistic about the future. If everything worth doing has already been done, you may as well feign an allergy to achievement and become a barista (Peter Thiel Quotes) We cannot take for granted that the future will be better, and that means we need to work to create it today (Peter Thiel Quotes) Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and slavishly copy what has worked in the past (Peter Thiel Quotes) My own answer to the contrarian question is that most people think the future of the world will be defined by globalization, but the truth is that technology matters more (Peter Thiel Quotes) The most successful businesses have an idea for the future that’s very different from the present (Peter Thiel Quotes) Probably the most extreme form of inequality is between people who are alive and people who are dead (Peter Thiel Quotes) Big part of the challenge to innovation is that people too easily resign themselves to dying (Peter Thiel Quotes) We need more pessimism that the future might be a lot worse, and we need more optimism that the future might be better (Peter Thiel Quotes) You’ll attract the employees you need if you can explain why your mission is compelling: not why it’s important in general, but why you’re doing something important that no one else is going to get done (Peter Thiel Quotes) Every tech story is different. Every moment in history happens only once. All successful companies are successful in their own unique way. It’s your task to figure out what that future history will be (Peter Thiel Quotes) Customers won’t care about any particular technology unless it solves a particular problem in a superior way. And if you can’t monopolize a unique solution for a small market, you’ll be stuck with vicious competition (Peter Thiel Quotes) The best entrepreneurs know this: every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside. A great company is a conspiracy to change the world; when you share your secret, the recipient becomes a fellow conspirator (Peter Thiel Quotes) Darwinism may be a fine theory in other contexts, but in startups, intelligent design works best (Peter Thiel Quotes) If you can identify a delusional popular belief, you can find what lies hidden behind it: the contrarian truth (Peter Thiel Quotes) As you craft a plan to expand to adjacent markets, don’t disrupt: Avoid competition as much as possible (Peter Thiel Quotes) The biggest secret in venture capital is that the best investment in a successful fund equals or outperforms the entire rest of the fund combined (Peter Thiel Quotes) There are only two kinds of businesses in this world: Businesses in crazy competition, and businesses that are one of a kind (Peter Thiel Quotes) Anyone who prefers owning part of your company to being paid in cash reveals a preference for the long term and a commitment to increasing your company’s value in the future (Peter Thiel Quotes) I think that markets classically fail in cases where there are public goods that provide benefits that people cannot capture. The big debate is how big these public goods are, where they exist, things of that sort (Peter Thiel Quotes) I do tend to think that things that have incredibly long time horizons often do involve market failures (Peter Thiel Quotes) In the developed world, technological progress means that you can have a situation where there’s growth, where there’s a way in which everybody can be better off over time (Peter Thiel Quotes) Technology is probably the single biggest driver of productivity gains for the developed countries. For example, I think it’s much more important than free trade (Peter Thiel Quotes) The developing world can just do things that are extensive or horizontal, that basically copy. The developed world needs to do things that are intensive or vertical, where we take our civilization to the next level (Peter Thiel Quotes) The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something that people should try to do earlier on (Peter Thiel Quotes) Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole (Peter Thiel Quotes) I think anything that requires real global breakthroughs requires a degree of intensity and sustained effort that cannot be done part time, so it’s something you have to do around the clock, and that doesn’t compute with our existing educational system (Peter Thiel Quotes)

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