10 quotes by Peter Thiel

“People don't want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - all these areas where the progress has been a lot more limited than people think. And the question is why.” — Peter Thiel

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“The media always has taken Trump literally. It never takes him seriously. The voters who vote for Trump take Trump seriously but not literally.” — Peter Thiel

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“What important truth do very few people agree with you on?” — Peter Thiel

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“The most valuable businesses of coming decades will be built by entrepreneurs who seek to empower people rather than try to make them obsolete.” — Peter Thiel

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“Monopoly is the condition of every successful business.” — Peter Thiel

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“All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition.” — Peter Thiel

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“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 for a small market, you’ll be stuck with vicious competition.” — Peter Thiel

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“You should focus relentlessly on something you’re good at doing, but before that you must think hard about whether it will be valuable in the future.” — Peter Thiel

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“the single most powerful pattern I have noticed is that successful people find value in unexpected places, and they do this by thinking about business from first principles instead of formulas.” — Peter Thiel

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“The best projects are likely to be overlooked, not trumpeted by a crowd; the best problems to work on are often the ones nobody else even tries to solve.” — Peter Thiel

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