All Peter Thiel Quotes
- People working on bigger ideas on a more protracted timeline will be more on the stealth side. They aren't releasing new PR announcements every day.… Alone
- Luck is like an atheistic word for God... Atheistic
- Forget startup companies. The next frontier is startup countries. Companies
- I do think Bitcoin is the first [encrypted money] that has the potential to do something like change the world. Bitcoin
- 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… Any
- All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition. All
- Monopoly is the condition of every successful business. Business
- 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… Becomes
- In a world of scarce resources, globalization without new technology is unsustainable. Globalization
- In the most dysfunctional organizations, signaling that work is being done becomes a better strategy for career advancement than actually doing work (if this describes… Advancement
- Darwinism may be a fine theory in other contexts, but in startups, intelligent design works best. Best
- The road doesn’t have to be infinite after all. Take the hidden paths. All
- If you can identify a delusional popular belief, you can find what lies hidden behind it: the contrarian truth. Behind
- As you craft a plan to expand to adjacent markets, don't disrupt: Avoid competition as much as possible. Adjacent
- Moving first is a tactic, not a goal. Firsts
- Beginning with brand rather than substance is dangerous. Beginning
- Under perfect competition, in the long run no company makes an economic profit. Company
- 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. Best
- A company does better the less it pays the CEO. Better
- Recruiting is a core competency for any company. It should never be outsourced. Any
- There are only two kinds of businesses in this world: Businesses in crazy competition, and businesses that are one of a kind. Businesses
- Today's 'best practices' lead to dead ends; the best paths are new and untried. Best
- Never invest in a tech CEO that wears a suit. Ceo
- 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… Anyone
- Twitter is hard to evaluate. They have a lot of potential. It's a horribly mismanaged company—probably a lot of pot-smoking going on there. But it's… All