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28 Jun 2012, 2:48 pm
Peter Thiel, President, Clarium Capital Hon. [read post]
19 Jun 2012, 2:42 pm
Speaking of internet firms founded in the past decade, Peter Thiel, an early Facebook investor, told the New Yorker that: “The people who run them are sort of autistic. [read post]
20 May 2012, 4:20 pm
The first story was by Morley Safer on Peter Thiel who talks about the questionable value of higher education. [read post]
13 May 2012, 5:25 pm
from wikipedia: With Elon Musk and Max Levchin, Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal and was its CEO. [read post]
7 Apr 2012, 2:00 pm
Peter Thiel's Startup Class Notes. [read post]
READER TREVOR DAHL WRITES: In light of your recent column, I thought I’d share my experiences this …
5 Mar 2012, 5:01 pm
One of the panelists was Peter Thiel, the billionaire founder of PayPal, and he has taken a very dim view of the future. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 3:04 pm
Adler) At Slate, David Weigel profiles Peter Thiel, the tech investor behind a pro-Ron Paul Super PAC. [read post]
INSIDE MEDIA MATTERS: David Brock’s Enemies List. “An internal Media Matters For America memo obtai…
13 Feb 2012, 10:44 am
One of those singled out for scrutiny in the memo is PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, a self-described libertarian.” This perhaps explains the surprising wave of outrage over his skip-college scholarship plan. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 3:04 pm
The billionaire Peter Thiel's Founders Fund has raised $625 million for its fourth fund -- larger than than its first three funds combined. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 12:44 pm
The writers have noted the same problems--it's expensive, many students land loans not legal jobs, and employment numbers are low (and lower than law schools suggest, as Brian Tamanaha has often noted).Peter Thiel, former CEO of Paypal and Facebook's first outside investor, has called our education system a "bubble" and he pays (some exceptional) young people essentially to drop out of college and do something else meaningful.Second, at the same time,… [read post]
9 Oct 2011, 5:30 am
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: peter thiel argues that progress in science and technology is stalling: "The End of the Future http://j.mp/qY6VjS "Straight male friendship, now with more cuddling: As homophobia declines, some heterosexual boys are getting cozier" http://j.mp/qLRgz9 "The Vicious Trademark Battle Over 'Keep Calm and Carry On'" http://j.mp/qVZC2Q chris christie may not be running for president,… [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 3:39 pm
I stumbled across this very interesting news article: Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters, according to a profile of the billionaire in Details magazine. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 1:20 pm
"Thiel has been a big backer of the Seasteading Institute, which seeks to build sovereign nations on oil rig-like platforms to occupy waters beyond the reach of law-of-the-sea treaties. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 12:03 pm
For all the chatter about a technology bubble, Peter Thiel, the PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist, doesn't see it. [read post]
5 Jun 2011, 3:27 pm
If tuition continues to rise faster than inflation, and colleges cannot provide a compelling mission for undergraduate education, we may move further away from Obama’s vision of education and closer to Peter Thiel’s. [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 12:01 pm
Peter Thiel, the technology entrepreneur and venture capitalist, tells CNBC why he is giving $100,000 to 24 young adults to stop going to school and start focusing on building the tech companies of tomorrow. [read post]
29 May 2011, 4:28 am
"Peter Thiel Gives Whiz Kids $100K To Quit College, Start Businesses" http://j.mp/mjd6GL /via @michaelmeloni this is fun .... [read post]
25 May 2011, 11:43 am
Peter Thiel, a venture capitalist, announced the fellows for his nonprofit initiative, which gives students $100,000 to drop out of college and pursue their interests. [read post]
PAYING STUDENTS NOT TO GO TO COLLEGE: “The winners were announced today for a new fellowship that h…
25 May 2011, 6:52 am
Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal, will pay each of the 24 winners of his Thiel Fellowship $100,000 not to attend college for two years and to develop business ideas instead. [read post]
19 May 2011, 4:11 pm
Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur turned venture capitalist and investor whose macroperspective defines his investments in start-ups and securities. [read post]
