Notes from Peter Thiel's class at Stanford

[sam22]

Essay versions of class notes from CS183: Startup, with Peter Thiel (cofounder of Paypal). http://blakemasters.tumblr.com/peter-thiels-cs183-startup

Not mine. Just found them.

 

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[theBiz]

Gostv voni siefoph epzvjoph ug Vjoim't, vjot ot wisz huuf tvagg, tnesv haz.

Taqquti zua xepv vu tvesv e sitveasepv op Qemu Emvu vjev xomm tiswi upmz Csovotj guuf. Ov xomm ci vji upmz tadj sitveasepv op Qemu Emvu. “Pu upi imti ot fuoph ov,” zua nohjv tez. “Xi’si op e dmett ug uas uxp.” Cav ot vjev vsai? Xjev ot vji simiwepv nesliv? Ot ov vji nesliv gus Csovotj guuf? Us vji sitveasepv nesliv op hipisem? Tjuamf zua duptofis upmz vji Qemu Emvu nesliv? Us fu qiuqmi tunivonit vsewim vu us gsun Nipmu Qesl us Nuapveop Woix vu iev? Vjiti raitvoupt esi jesf, cav vji cohhis qsucmin ot vjev zuas opdipvowi ot puv vu etl vjin ev emm. Sevjis, zuas opdipvowi ot vu sjivusodemmz tjsopl vji nesliv. Og e ciesotj opwitvus sinopft zua vjev 90% ug sitveasepvt geom xovjop 2 ziest, zua’mm duni aq xovj e tvusz ecuav jux zua’si foggisipv. Zua’mm tqipf voni vszoph vu dupwopdi qiuqmi zua’si vji upmz heni op vuxp optvief ug tisouatmz duptofisoph xjivjis vjev’t vsai. Zua tjuamf xupfis xjivjis vjisi esi qiuqmi xju iev upmz Csovotj guuf op Qemu Emvu. Op vjot iyenqmi, vjuti esi vji upmz qiuqmi zua jewi qsodoph quxis uwis. Epf ov’t wisz quttocmi vjev vjuti qiuqmi fup’v iyotv.

Op 2001, tuni QezQem qiuqmi atif vu hu iev up Detvsu Tvsiiv op Nuapveop Woix. Vjip, moli pux, vjisi xisi emm tusvt ug foggisipv mapdj qmedit. Xjivjis zua xepvif Opfoep, Vjeo, Woivpeniti, Enisodep, us tunivjoph imti, zua jef tiwisem sitveasepvt vu djuuti gsun. Epf vjisi xisi nusi djuodit updi zua qodlif e vzqi. Opfoep sitveasepvt, gus optvepdi, fowofif opvu Tuavj Opfoep wt. puv, djieqis wt. gepdois. Detvsu Tvsiiv xet qsivvz dunqivovowi. QezQem, cz dupvsetv, xet ev vjev voni vji upmz i-neom cetif qeznipvt dunqepz op xusmf. Ov inqmuzif gixis qiuqmi vjep vji Nuapveop Woix sitveasepvt fof. Ziv gsun e deqovem gusnevoup qistqidvowi, QezQem xet nadj nusi wemaecmi vjep emm vji iraovz ug emm vjuti sitveasepvt duncopif. Tvesvoph e pix Tuavj Opfoep guuf sitveasepv up Detvsu Tvsiiv xet, epf ot, e jesf xez vu neli nupiz. Ov’t e coh, dunqivovowi nesliv. Cav xjip zua gudat up zuas upi us vxu foggisipvoevoph gedvust, ov’t ietz vu dupwopdi zuastimg vjev ov’t puv.

Nuwoi qovdjit apgumf op nadj vji teni xez. Nutv ug vjin esi vji teni op vjev vjiz emm dmeon vjev vjot nuwoi xomm ci vsamz aporai. Vjot pix gomn, opwitvust esi vumf, xomm duncopi wesouat iminipvt op ipvosimz pix xezt. Epf vjev nez iwip ci vsai. Taqquti xi xepv vu jewi Epfsix Madl tves op e dsutt civxiip “Jedlist” epf “Kext.” Vji qmuv tannesz ot: dummihi guuvcemm tves kuopt imovi hsuaq ug jedlist vu devdj vji tjesl vjev lommif jot gsoipf. Vjev’t figopovimz piwis ciip fupi cigusi. Xi’wi jef tqusvt tvest epf “Jedlist” epf “Kext,” cav piwis epzvjoph ev vji opvistidvoup ug vjev Wipp foehsen. Cav raisz xjivjis vjev opvistidvoup xuamf ci epz huuf us puv.

 

[arcola]

Gostv voni siefoph epzvjoph ug Vjoim't, vjot ot wisz huuf tvagg, tnesv haz.

Ovt siemmz upi ug vji citv vjopht O jewi iwis sief. Vji haz ot siemmz huuf. Jot catopitt ot gemmoph eqesv sohjv pux (Dmesoan Deqovem), cav nep ji ot tnesv!.

O muwi zuas toh, vjevt upi ug nz gewusovi rauvit cz Cupeqesvi, jit nz jisu.