Tag Archives: Peter Thiel

Quora Raises $80 Million To Stay Independent Forever

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Quora, the popular questions and answers website, says it has the largest library of first-hand knowledge and second largest library on the Web overall, after Wikipedia. But while Wikipedia stays...

Peter Thiel’s Advice To Entrepreneurs: Tell Me Something That’s True But Nobody Agrees With

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Peter Thiel, a venture capitalist best known for his early and very profitable investment in Facebook, tends to stay away from giving general advice to entrepreneurs. “Generic advice is quite bad,”...

Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Older Than You Think

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How old do you think someone should be for the best chance at entrepreneurial success? If you said 20, or 22, or 25, you are not alone. It wasn’t that long ago that age signified wisdom. But in the...
    






Crowdfunding Is Not Just For Billionaires Anymore

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The year was 2004 and billionaire entrepreneur Peter Thiel decided to sow $500,000 into a small but growing startup. Facebook was its name, perhaps you’ve heard of it. It was the company’s first...
    






On Deck Gets $17M From Google Ventures

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On Deck has officially announced today that it get $17M funds from Google Ventures for the expansion of their Series D. Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, is also giving $59 million to Series D for...
    


The Increased Number of Facebook Shares for IPO are Coming from Investors

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It seems like every time we turn around there's more news about Facebook and its pending IPO. We learned this week that Facebook would be offering more shares with the possibility of raising even...

Blueseed Visa Free Silicon Valley Startup Ship gains Interest

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The utopian Blueseed project is back in the news. A survey published by Blueseed reveals that over 130 international startups would be boarding to work near Silicon Valley without Visas.Working as a...