The college kids should think hard about what they're doing. If you have a great idea for a company, there's no right time to start it, and it's often better to start it sooner rather than later. I went to Stanford undergrad and Stanford Law School, and if I had to do it over again, I might still do those things, but I wish I had asked the type of questions like, why I was doing it, was it just for the status and prestige, or was it because I was really interested in the substance of it.
The something of somewhere is mostly just the nothing of nowhere. - Peter Thiel
The something of somewhere is mostly just the nothing of nowhere.
- Peter Thiel
EVERY MOMENT IN business happens only once. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a s… - Peter Thiel
EVERY MOMENT IN business happens only once. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a s…
When you are starting a new business you don't want to go after giant markets. You want to go after small markets and take over those markets quickly. - Peter Thiel
When you are starting a new business you don't want to go after giant markets. You want to go after small markets and take over those markets quickly.
The most successful businesses have an idea for the future that's very different from the present. - Peter Thiel
The most successful businesses have an idea for the future that's very different from the present.
Competition is overrated. In practice it is quite destructive and should be avoided wherever possible. Much better than fighting for scraps in existi… - Peter Thiel
Competition is overrated. In practice it is quite destructive and should be avoided wherever possible. Much better than fighting for scraps in existi…
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 ch… - Peter Thiel
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 ch…
The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself. - Peter Thiel
The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself.
Today's 'best practices' lead to dead ends; the best paths are new and untried. - Peter Thiel
Today's 'best practices' lead to dead ends; the best paths are new and untried.
Every business is successful exactly to the extent that it does something others cannot. - Peter Thiel
Every business is successful exactly to the extent that it does something others cannot.
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