Thiel Fellowship
Fellowship program by Peter Thiel that pays young entrepreneurs to skip college and start companies.
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"Even friends who've done something like the Thiel Fellowship, which is also small application numbers in the beginning, is those people who are applying early are of the courage of their conviction. It's positive self-selection."
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"The Thiel Fellowship was an inflection point in my life. I wouldn't be where I am without it. There are key moments where you can tell people to elevate their ambitions and they do and that changes them. That was a moment where someone came to me ..."
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"Obviously, he has the Thiel Fellowship and a preference for young ambitious founders"
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"Remember the Thiel scholarships? Drop out of college and I'll give you 100 grand. I got so pissed off."
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