Tyler Cowen links:Also at SMCISS:
“I’m writing this book because we need to think about the future for more than just 140 characters or 15 minutes at a time if we want to make real long-term progress,” Mr. Thiel said in a statement. “’Zero to One’ is about learning from Silicon Valley how to solve hard problems and build great things that have never existed before.”I wonder how Thiel’s previous book turned out?
How to best graph the Beveridge curve, relating the vacancy rate in jobs to the unemployment rate?
From one of Marginal Revolution's commenters:
Notes Essays—Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup—Stanford, Spring 2012
Class 2: Party Like it’s 1999?
Class 3: Value Systems
Class 4: The Last Mover Advantage
Class 5: The Mechanics of Mafia
Class 6: Thiel’s Law
Class 7: Follow The Money
Class 8: The Pitch
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Previous posts on Mr. Thiel:
Thiel Sold 20.06 Million Facebook Shares For $395.8 Million Last Week (FB)
"PayPal Founder Talks Technology"
Energy Storage: Screw Batteries, Bill Gates, Peter Thiel and Khosla Ventures Team Up on A Different Approach
"Five Hedge Fund Managers Who Lost Their Superstar Status"
Here are my essay versions of my class notes from CS183: Startup. Errors and omissions are my own. Credit for good stuff is Peter’s.Class 1: The Challenge of the Future
Class 2: Party Like it’s 1999?
Class 3: Value Systems
Class 4: The Last Mover Advantage
Class 5: The Mechanics of Mafia
Class 6: Thiel’s Law
Class 7: Follow The Money
Class 8: The Pitch
...MORE
Previous posts on Mr. Thiel:
Thiel Sold 20.06 Million Facebook Shares For $395.8 Million Last Week (FB)
"PayPal Founder Talks Technology"
Energy Storage: Screw Batteries, Bill Gates, Peter Thiel and Khosla Ventures Team Up on A Different Approach
"Five Hedge Fund Managers Who Lost Their Superstar Status"
