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Y Combinator - How to Start a Startup - Peter Thiel - Business Strategy & Monopoly Theory

  • Carey Business School 100 International Dr Baltimore, MD, 21202 United States

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In Lecture 5, Peter Thiel, will be sharing insights regarding business strategy and monopoly theory.

Basic Background:
Peter has been involved with some of the most dynamic companies from the Silicon Valley.

Peter co- founded Paypal, established Clarium Capital Management, and helped launch Planatir Technologies.

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Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator, will be teaching a class at Stanford this fall on How to Start a Startup. Along with guest lecturers like Marissa Mayer, Peter Thiel, and Ben Horowitz, he will be covering the fundamentals: how to come up with ideas and evaluate them, how to get users and grow, how to do sales and marketing, how to hire, how to raise money, company culture, operations and management, business strategy, and more.

Johns Hopkins Innovation Factory will be organizing sessions to watch the lecture videos. We’ll brainstorm ideas, bounce them off each other, and refine them over the course of the semester. Feel free to join for the entire session, or just the parts your course schedule allows.

Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind opportunity!

Lunch will be provided.