378 Quotes by Peter Thiel

As a founder, your first job is to get the first things right, because you cannot build a great company on a flawed foundation.

Daimler uses Tesla’s battery packs; Mercedes-Benz uses a Tesla powertrain; Toyota uses a Tesla motor. General Motors has even created a task force to track Tesla’s next moves. But.

Every tech story is different. Every moment in history happens only once. All successful companies are successful in their own unique way. It’s your task to figure out what that future history will be.

Why work with a group of people who don’t even like each other?

You’ll attract the employees you need if you can explain why your mission is compelling: not why it’s important in general, but why you’re doing something important that no one else is going to get done.

As you craft a plan to expand to adjacent markets, don’t disrupt: Avoid competition as much as possible.

True heroes take their personal honor so seriously that they will fight for things that do not matter.

A startup is a team of people on a mission, and a good culture is just what that looks like on the inside.

If you treat the future as something definite, it makes sense to understand it in advance and to work to shape it. But if you expect an indefinite future ruled by randomness, you’ll give up on trying to master it.