378 Quotes by Peter Thiel


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    Most of 'big data' is a fraud because it is really 'dumb data.'

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    Secrets are hard but solvable problems and we should talk about them. It's hard to work toward a radically better future if you don't believe in secrets.

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    When you are starting a new business you don't want to go after giant markets. You want to go after small markets and take over those markets quickly.

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    Whereas a competitive firm must sell at the market price, a monopoly owns its market, so it can set its own prices. Since it has no competition, it produces at the quantity and price combination that maximizes its profits.

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    Wall Street is always too biased toward short-term profitability and biased against long-term growth.

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    First, only invest in companies that have the potential to return the value of the entire fund.

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    When people use the word 'science,' it's often a tell, like in poker, that you're bluffing.

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