Tag: Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel on Startups: Something fundamentally new, fundamentally different
Why will employee number 20 join your company? Speaking at the ICE Ideas Conference in Auckland yesterday, Peter Thiel brought up the question every new entrepreneur might have never thought of – why will employee number 20 join the company. He told the audience, it’s the one question he asks entrepreneur looking to begin a startup. [...]
Startup: Kiwi Tech Takes Flight
There must be something in the water, judging by the way New Zealand keeps breeding successful software, technology and web start-ups. But overcoming distance from major consumer and investment markets is a substantial challenge for Kiwi tech companies that often begins with building relationships to both consumers and investors in the United States. Unquestionably, the [...]
20 under 20 gets $100,000 each to dropout college
Peter Thiel via The Thiel Fondation announced the appointment of 24 Thiel Fellows in San Fransisco recently. “The Fellows” are referring to a tremendous group of young people who would change the world through their creativity in many fields including biotech, information technology, mobility and space. According to James O’Neill, the head of the Thiel Foundation, The Fellows’ creativity, intelligence and leadership were [...]
