But iteration without a bold plan won’t take you from 0 to 1. A company is the strangest place of all for an indefinite optimist: why should you expe… - Peter Thiel

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But iteration without a bold plan won’t take you from 0 to 1. A company is the strangest place of all for an indefinite optimist: why should you expect your own business to succeed without a plan to make it happen? Darwinism may be a fine theory in other contexts, but in startups, intelligent design works best.

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About Peter Thiel

Peter Andreas Thiel (born 11 October 1967) is a German-American billionaire entrepreneur, hedge fund manager, venture capitalist, philanthropist, political activist, and author. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook.

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Alternative Names: Peter Andreas Thiel Peter A. Thiel

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No vas a aprender ese tipo de secretos de los consultores, y no debe preocuparte que tu compañía no tenga sentido para los profesionales convencionales. Es preferible que os tilden de culto, o incluso de mafia.

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