Thiel Fellowship

4 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 20, 2025 by Adarsh Hiremath · said 41 times in 17 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (21), Josh Browder (7), Keith Rabois (4), Adarsh Hiremath (2), Trae Stephens (1), Pat Grady (1), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (1), Dylan Field (1)

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2026 18 mentions in 4 episodes 5 per episode

Turning Peter Thiel's $100K into $10M Angel Portfolio & Why VCs Can Be Sharks | Josh Browder · 20VC with Harry Stebbings May 18, 2026 · 15 mentions · from 0:36
Cliff Weitzman: What I Learned from 100 of the World’s Top CEOs & Why Tokens Will Outspend Salaries · 20VC with Harry Stebbings May 9, 2026 · 1 mention · from 54:58
Gokul Rajaram: How to Analyse for Durability and Defensibility in a World of AI · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Mar 16, 2026 · 1 mention · from 1:16:33
a16z, Anish Acharya: Is SaaS Dead? Do Margins Still Matter? Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Feb 9, 2026 · 1 mention · from 1:05:54
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2025 2 mentions in 1 episode

Adarsh Hiremath @ Mercor: The Fastest Growing Startup in Silicon Valley | E1261 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Feb 20, 2025 · 2 mentions · from 4:48
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2024 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode

Keith Rabois on Rejoining Khosla Ventures | E1102 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jan 12, 2024 · 3 mentions · from 1:13:34
Delian Asparouhov: Inside the Walls of Founders Fund: What the World Does Not See | E1183 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jul 29, 2024 · 1 mention · from 15:00
Trae Stephens: Why No Company is Successful Because of their VC | E1135 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Apr 3, 2024 · 1 mention · from 8:26
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2023 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode

Keith Rabois & Mike Shebat: Creating an Olympian Mindset to Work Ethic| E1087 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Nov 27, 2023 · 1 mention · from 40:23
Nikhil Basu Trivedi: Why 99% of AI Investments Will Go Bust | E1057 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Sep 6, 2023 · 1 mention · from 50:45
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2020 7 mentions in 1 episode

20VC: Figma Founder, Dylan Field on How Leadership Needs To Evolve with Scale, The Transition from Application to Platform & The Future of Remote Work, Education and Digital Spaces Dec 14, 2020 · 7 mentions · from 9:22
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2019 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode

20VC: Figma Founder Dylan Field on The Biggest Mistakes Young Founders Most Often Make, How To Go Slow To Go Fast With Venture Dollars & How The Design Process Will Fundamentally Change Over The Next 5-10 Years Apr 19, 2019 · 2 mentions · from 0:42
20VC: Sequoia's Pat Grady on What Sequoia Is Focused On Today, How Sequoia Think About Investment Decision-Making Processes & Why It Is Important To Trade A Few Points of Efficiency for Culture When It Comes To Attribution Jul 1, 2019 · 1 mention · from 34:12
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2018 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode

2017 1 mention in 1 episode

2015 1 mention in 1 episode

20 VC 033: The Pros and Cons of Venture Capital, Atomico and Entrepreneurship with Chris Dark, President International @ C2FO May 4, 2015 · 1 mention · from 23:13
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Feb 20, 2025

Disclosure

Hiremath: Mercor founders dropped out before raising seed or getting Thiel Fellowships

“No seed round, a little bit of revenue, no series A, no Teal Fellowship, nothing. We were just three friends working in a small office in Palo Alto with our amazing team in India.”

Adarsh Hiremath Feb 20, 2025 ▶ 6:10 Adarsh Hiremath @ Mercor: The Fastest Growing Startup in Silicon Valley | E1261 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

May 18, 2026 bullish

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Browder expects $100K Thiel Fellowship investments to reach eight figures

“I think when it's all said and done, it will be an eight, eight figures.”

Josh Browder May 18, 2026 ▶ 36:03 Turning Peter Thiel's $100K into $10M Angel Portfolio & Why VCs Can Be Sharks | Josh Browder · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

May 18, 2026

Assertion Partly supported

Browder: Failing Stanford dance class precipitated dropout, not Thiel Fellowship

“I didn't go to the dance class. I kept Do Not Pay running and failed at the dance class, and that was my precip, kind of precipitated my dropping out, not the Teal Fellowship.”

Josh Browder May 18, 2026 ▶ 32:23 Turning Peter Thiel's $100K into $10M Angel Portfolio & Why VCs Can Be Sharks | Josh Browder · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

May 18, 2026 positive

Disclosure

Browder invested his entire Thiel Fellowship grant in fellow founders

“Yeah, I put all my Teal Fellowship money and I invested it in Adam Guild and other amazing entrepreneurs.”

Josh Browder May 18, 2026 ▶ 34:33 Turning Peter Thiel's $100K into $10M Angel Portfolio & Why VCs Can Be Sharks | Josh Browder · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

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