Peter Thiel
A tech investor and author of Zero to One.
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What was said about Peter Thiel
Andreessen treats Peter Thiel as a lateral thinker worth consulting on any plan. Marc Andreessen names Thiel, Venkatesh Rao and Balaji Srinivasan as people who never think about a situation the way everyone else does. Being around them taught him to ask how a true lateral thinker would approach a claim or plan.
He now looks at claims and plans from multiple angles instead of taking them at face value. Rao was the firm's philosopher in residence, and Andreessen would like to have one again. Quote: "never just take it on face value".
Zero to One keeps selling years after launch, like Ben Horowitz's book. Andreessen says Thiel's Zero to One "sells forever", the same way Ben Horowitz's book does.
He gives no sales figures.
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Andreessen names him as one of three perpetual lateral thinkers, and says his Zero to One sells forever like Ben Horowitz's book.
Andreessen treats Peter Thiel as a lateral thinker worth consulting on any plan. Marc Andreessen names Thiel, Venkatesh Rao and Balaji Srinivasan as people who never think about a situation the way everyone else does. Being around them taught him to ask how a true lateral thinker would approach a claim or plan.
He now looks at claims and plans from multiple angles instead of taking them at face value. Rao was the firm's philosopher in residence, and Andreessen would like to have one again. Quote: "never just take it on face value".
Zero to One keeps selling years after launch, like Ben Horowitz's book. Andreessen says Thiel's Zero to One "sells forever", the same way Ben Horowitz's book does.
He gives no sales figures.
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