Puri: Peter Thiel Values Original, Contrarian Thinkers Over Pedigree
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Sean Puri discusses venture capitalist Peter Thiel's interpersonal style and his famous contrarian interview question.
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“He has pretty much zero interest in small talk. He will, he's looking for original thinkers. So I'll ask you a question and then he'll hear you. And it's sort of like, if you're just saying the same shit that everybody says, very heard, like thinking, I think it's the impression I get is he's mentally bucketing you as like, okay, this person is not going to give me original thoughts. And then if you do have original thoughts, he doesn't really care what your pedigree is, what your accomplishments are. It's like, okay, you're in the circle of people I want to talk to because you have original opinions, which goes back to this Peter Thiel question, the famous interview question he has, which is what's something you believe that few others would agree with you on.”
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