It's good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.
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Whenever I talk to people who founded a company, I often like to ask the prehistory questions 'When did you meet? How long have you been working before you started the company?' A bad answer is, 'We met at a networking event a week ago, and we started a company because we both want to be entrepreneurs.'
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the importance of deep relationships and a shared history in founding a successful company.
Peter Thiel suggests that successful companies are often founded by individuals who have established a meaningful relationship and a solid understanding of each other's strengths over time. Quick connections formed merely for the sake of entrepreneurship typically lack the foundational depth needed for enduring collaboration and success.
Themes
EntrepreneurshipRelationshipsSuccessFoundersBusinessCompany
In practice
Example use cases
In a conference about startup success stories, I might share this quote to emphasize the importance of building strong relationships.
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