There are still many large white spaces on the map of human knowledge. You can go discover them. So do it. Get out there and fill in the blank spaces….

I do think Bitcoin is the first [encrypted money] that has the potential to do something like change the world..

First, only invest in companies that have the potential to return the value of the entire fund..

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 b….

There's been a lot companies that have shown "zero to one" kind of growth in the computer, internet software age. Facebook and Google are zero to one….

People don't want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - all these areas where th….

Whatever the career, sales ability distinguishes superstars from also-rans..

Consider the trivial but revealing hallmarks of urban hipsterdom: faux vintage photography, the handlebar mustache, and vinyl record players all hark….

Higher education is the place where people who had big plans in high school get stuck in fierce rivalries with equally smart peers over conventional ….

I think markets are often not thinking on a long-time horizon, I think that our government structurally is doing even less so. When we have a governm….

For a new payment product, you always have to ask, how much better is it than the current solution? So when we started Paypal, for eBay micro merchan….

I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible..

Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and slavishly copy what has worked in the past..

For Hamlet, greatness means willingness to fight for reasons as thin as an eggshell: anyone would fight for things that matter; true heroes take thei….

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

All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition..

Recruiting is a core competency for any company. It should never be outsourced..

I do tend to think that things that have incredibly long time horizons often do involve market failures..

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

Secrets are hard but solvable problems and we should talk about them. It's hard to work toward a radically better future if you don't believe in secr….

If you think about basic science or coming up with new theories of mathematics, these are not the kinds of things which are necessarily a well-define….