Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

Among the investors were Peter Thiel and Sean Parker, of PayPal and Napster fame, who through their VC The Founder’s Fund last year invested $16 million into Occulus. WEBINAR INVITATION Well, attend my webinar Thursday - What Peter Thiel and Sean Parker Know about Investing and What You Should Too - to find out.

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Scott Edward Walker

JULY 1, 2014

Each week, we share a brief video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we again present Peter Thiel , the co-founder of PayPal and a brilliant entrepreneur and investor.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 17, 2016

Like many, I’ve been fascinated by Peter Thiel for a few years, really hitting my radar with his Thiel Fellowship a few years back when he asked innovators to leave the campus and pursue their innovations (here are all the fellowship winners). Here is some Thiel content. Good short video (6:30).

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View from Seed

MAY 27, 2015

So, given the general topics of most startup podcasts and our goal to be more narrowly focused, here are examples of what we WON’T discuss: What’s the latest trend in drones? Are we in a tech bubble? Should Microsoft buy Salesforce?

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 20, 2019

This episode in our Greymatter Blitzscaling capsule series , with Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh, focuses on the topic of competitive strategy. In an ideal world, you won’t have any competition. But the world is far from ideal. How should a blitzscaling company think about and respond to the competition?

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 20, 2019

This episode in our Greymatter Blitzscaling capsule series , with Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh, focuses on the topic of competitive strategy. In an ideal world, you won’t have any competition. But the world is far from ideal. How should a blitzscaling company think about and respond to the competition?

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

The topic of how profitable Groupon could be in the future is a more complicated and subjective one, so I will save that for a follow-up post. NextView Twitter Stream robgo: New Post: How To Think About The Future - reflections on Peter Thiels CS183 Class 13 [link] 1 hour ago leehower: RT @ jack : Humans have always been tool makers.

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Scott Edward Walker

AUGUST 6, 2015

Each week, we share a brief video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we again present Peter Thiel , the co-founder of PayPal, author of the book “ Zero to One ,” and a brilliant entrepreneur and investor.

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Reid Hoffman

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

I’ve known Peter Thiel since we were undergrads at Stanford, when the most common phrase either of us used in our conversations was “How can you possibly believe that?” Yet despite disagreeing on so many topics and in so many ways, we made a great team — whether I was helping Peter build PayPal, or investing in Facebook together.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I was on NPR this week with Peter Thiel and Gregory Zuckerman of the WSJ. The topic of social media came up and one dial-in caller lamented the fact that all Silicon Valley was producing was silly social media companies. It’s clear to me that other major vendors have less open instincts in their blood.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

Worse, when I looked for good writings on the topic, I couldn’t find any. For Peter, that was me, and for Max it was Scott Bannister. Most of what I learned came from trial and error, which is why I wanted to share these hard-won lessons. Frankly, when I first entered the startup world, I didn’t have any real idea of what boards did.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 30, 2018

4-The best way to predict the future is to create it- Peter Drucker. Churchill is often held up as the standard for phrases that transcend the original topic. My favorite business quote is by Paypal founder Peter Thiel, i.e. Competition is for losers. Thanks to RM Harrison. #4-The Photo Credit: Noel Ballou.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 27, 2012

from donations, which is something you can do when you attract the founders of Google, Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel, Steve Ballmer, etc who are all alumni of the school. Celebrating Entrepreneurship – I think that this particular topic has to do with Role Models, something I addressed in a previous post on.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

2) You’re Entitled to Say No – Some entrepreneurs I’ve discussed this topic with feel compelled to speak with VCs, whether partners or junior staff, that reach out to them. At the end of the day it’s your company and your time… be intentional about what you do. And Why 20%?

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

In the fall of 2010 I laid out reasons why all the tech “bubble” chatter was really more the hallmark of a reasonably sustained boom , and then revisited the topic almost one year ago to the day. March 8, 2012. Well what’s happened since then? And Why 20%? 9 July 2012, 1:10 pm Directr – Tell Your Story 30 June 2012, 1:55 am.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Every company I meet these days is grappling with this topic, from ESG to employee activism, to so much more. I mean, it's such a complex and interesting topic. Peter Thiel has talked about that. The pandemic has brought these issues even more to the forefront of public attention. BA : Yeah, very well said.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Also if you haven’t read it Bill Gurley had an excellent post grading Facebook in the 10x Revenue multiple club , a continuation of his thoughts from before on this topic. And Why 20%? 9 July 2012, 1:10 pm Directr – Tell Your Story 30 June 2012, 1:55 am.

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Rob Go

MAY 27, 2015

So, given the general topics of most startup podcasts and our goal to be more narrowly focused, here are examples of what we WON’T discuss: What’s the latest trend in drones? Are we in a tech bubble? Should Microsoft buy Salesforce?

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Rob Go

MAY 27, 2015

So, given the general topics of most startup podcasts and our goal to be more narrowly focused, here are examples of what we WON’T discuss: What’s the latest trend in drones? Are we in a tech bubble? Should Microsoft buy Salesforce?

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 13, 2020

I had a conversation with my Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh about this topic. Before I started speaking out against Donald Trump’s candidacy in 2016, I spoke with my Republican friends — including Peter Thiel (who actually spoke at the Republican National Convention that year).

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" This question has been viewed 5452 times and has 7 monitors with 72519 topic followers. I have a startup idea and I live in NYC, what now?

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Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

There is a topic that is rarely discussed as well and maybe you’d like to tackle it. NextView Twitter Stream robgo: New Post: How To Think About The Future - reflections on Peter Thiels CS183 Class 13 [link] 1 hour ago leehower: RT @ jack : Humans have always been tool makers. And Why 20%?

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like. link] Justin Thiele Good article, Seth! link] How to start up business ideas | Peter Shallard [.] The New MacBook Air Is That Good.

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