Thiel's Unicorn Success Is Awkward for Colleges

Re:Thiel's Unicorn Success Is Awkward for Colleges by gostsamo on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:28AM (#38204145)

Flowers who are given special attention and fertilizers perform better than the garden variety. Surprising and awkward for all industrial farmers.

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Re:Thiel's Unicorn Success Is Awkward for Colleges by prepend on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:34AM (#38204196)

I think this is comparing different types of attention and fertilizers.

It’s not comparing Thiel to orphans. It’s comparing Thiel to various other elite institutions and their formulas for making great people.

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Re:Thiel's Unicorn Success Is Awkward for Colleges by spacecadet on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:36AM (#38204219)

"elite" lol, 99.999% of these elite people paid to win... and I have worked with plenty to realize that same amount squander it.

Its scales because humans.

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Re:Thiel's Unicorn Success Is Awkward for Colleges by Fissionary on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:37AM (#38204229)

Doesn't seem to work out that well for Softbank, so YMMV.

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Re:Thiel's Unicorn Success Is Awkward for Colleges by mcphage on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:41AM (#38204261)

Well, then Thiel is definitely more effective than SoftBank, but that still doesn’t say much about colleges.

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Re:Thiel's Unicorn Success Is Awkward for Colleges by polygamous_bat on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:44AM (#38204285)

What do you mean? It worked great for Adam Neumann! /s

It’s always funny and surprising when people say “It’s a dog eat dog world!” and sets up a dog eat dog world and then get surprised when a dog eats another dog.

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Re:Thiel's Unicorn Success Is Awkward for Colleges by spacecadet on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:35AM (#38204207)

Best comment. Made me snort.

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