Long story short: make mistakes, surround yourself with the right type of crazy people and believe in what you do.
Thiel is an odd libertarian.He uses Marx, and compares him to Shakespeare. He criticizes the typical Silicon Valley libertarian... and Athlas Shrugged. His political views seem to come from his years of experience, not whatever political indoctrination is taught at college. But there is not much pol...
I originally picked up this book because of all the rave reviews that it was amassing on the internet. When I leafed through the book's contents, I thought that it was just another business book with nothing special to offer. However, intrigued by the hype, I decided to give it a shot. I ordered the...
Fast, breezy read. Wouldn't have picked it up if I didn't have to read it for a thing, but got some interesting points worth thinking about.
This book fluctuates between brilliance and madness. When it focuses on the mechanics of start ups, it's great. When it focuses on Thiel's philosophies, it's a bit whacky. Thiel enjoys being a contrarian too much. Doing something new and valuable may require being a contrarian, but just being contra...
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