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Thiel Fellowship is in a league of its own. Peter Thiel is pretty hard to replicate as an eval / verifier, and these programs really are only as good as their verifiers (and the positive selection effects they confer).
Mike Vernal@mvernal · Sep 16One of the crazier facts about venture is that it seems consistently possible to build a small community of college-aged kids that is incredibly talent dense, e.g.:
- Thiel Fellows (ETH, Figma, I think Cognition)
- KP Fellows (Opensea, also Figma)
- Dorm Room Fund (Cursor)
- Prod
Open quoted post →- Thiel Fellows (ETH, Figma, I think Cognition)
- KP Fellows (Opensea, also Figma)
- Dorm Room Fund (Cursor)
- Prod
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