Peter Thiel

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'Peter Thiel' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

The Social Network (2010)

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Plot
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

Keywords: 2000s, algorithm, alienation, ambition, ambivalence, anger, anti-materialism, apology, arrest, arrogance

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You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies

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Marylin Delpy: The site got twenty-two hundred hits within two hours?::Mark Zuckerberg: Thousand.::Marylin Delpy: I'm sorry?::Mark Zuckerberg: Twenty-two *thousand*.::Marylin Delpy: [to herself] Wow.

Sean Parker: Drop the "The." Just "Facebook." It's cleaner

Mark Zuckerberg: You know, you really don't need a forensics team to get to the bottom of this. If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg: As for any charges stemming from the breach of security, I believe I deserve some recognition from this board.::Ad Board Chairwoman: I'm sorry?::Mark Zuckerberg: Yes?::Ad Board Chairwoman: I don't understand.::Mark Zuckerberg: Which part?

Gage: Mr. Zuckerberg, do I have your full attention?::Mark Zuckerberg: [stares out the window] No.::Gage: Do you think I deserve it?::Mark Zuckerberg: [looks at Gage] What?::Gage: Do you think I deserve your full attention?::Mark Zuckerberg: I had to swear an oath before we began this deposition, and I don't want to perjure myself, so I have a legal obligation to say no.::Gage: Okay - no. You don't think I deserve your attention.::Mark Zuckerberg: I think if your clients want to sit on my shoulders and call themselves tall, they have the right to give it a try - but there's no requirement that I enjoy sitting here listening to people lie. You have part of my attention - you have the minimum amount. The rest of my attention is back at the offices of Facebook, where my colleagues and I are doing things that no one in this room, including and especially your clients, are intellectually or creatively capable of doing.::[pauses]::Mark Zuckerberg: Did I adequately answer your condescending question?

K.C.: Seven different people spammed me the same link.::KC's Friend: What is it?::K.C.: I don't know, but I'm really hoping it's cats that look like Hitler, because I can never get enough of that.

Erica Albright: You called me a bitch on the Internet, Mark.::Mark Zuckerberg: That's why I wanted to talk to you.::Erica Albright: On the Internet.::Mark Zuckerberg: That's why I came over.::Erica Albright: Comparing women to farm animals.::Mark Zuckerberg: I didn't end up doing that.::Erica Albright: It didn't stop you from writing it. As if every thought that tumbles through your head was so clever it would be a crime for it not to be shared. The Internet's not written in pencil, Mark, it's written in ink. And you published that Erica Albright was a bitch, right before you made some ignorant crack about my family's name, my bra size, and then rated women based on their hotness.::Reggie: Erica, is there a problem?::Erica Albright: [Turning to talk to Reggie] No, there's no problem.::Erica Albright: [Turning back to face Mark] You write your snide bullshit from a dark room because that's what the angry do nowadays. I was nice to you, don't torture me for it.::Mark Zuckerberg: If we could just go somewhere for a minute.::Erica Albright: I don't want to be rude to my friends.::Mark Zuckerberg: Okay.::Erica Albright: Okay.::[pauses for a moment]::Erica Albright: Good luck with your video-game.

Mark Zuckerberg: I went to my friend for the money because that's who I wanted to be partners with. Eduardo was the president of the Harvard Investors Association, and he was also my best friend.::Gage: Your best friend is suing you for six hundred million dollars.::Mark Zuckerberg: [Sarcastically] I didn't know that, tell me more.

Erica Albright: You are probably going to be a very successful computer person. But you're going to go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a nerd. And I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that that won't be true. It'll be because you're an asshole.

Eduardo Saverin: They're saying, the Winklevoss twins are saying that you stole their idea.::Mark Zuckerberg: I find that to be a little more than mildly annoying.::Eduardo Saverin: Oh? Well, they find it to be intellectual property theft. Why didn't you show this to me?::Mark Zuckerberg: [flippantly] It was addressed to me.::Eduardo Saverin: They're saying that we stole theFaceBook from Divya Narendera and the Winklevosses.::Mark Zuckerberg: [trying to grab the letter out of Eduardo's hands] I know what it says!::Eduardo Saverin: Did we?::Mark Zuckerberg: Did we what?::Eduardo Saverin: Don't screw around with me now. Look at me!::Mark Zuckerberg: [Mark begrudgingly looks up at him]::Eduardo Saverin: The letter says we could face legal action.::Mark Zuckerberg: No, it says I could face legal action.::Eduardo Saverin: This is from a lawyer Mark, they must feel they have some grounds.::Mark Zuckerberg: The lawyer is their father's house council!::Eduardo Saverin: Do they have grounds?::Mark Zuckerberg: The grounds are our thing is cool and popular and HarvardConnection is lame! Wardo, I didn't use any of their code, I promise. I didn't use anything! Look, a guy who builds a nice chair doesn't owe money to everyone who ever has built a chair, okay? They came to me with an idea, I had a better one.::Eduardo Saverin: Why didn't you show me this letter?::Mark Zuckerberg: I didn't think it was a big deal.::Eduardo Saverin: [sighs before sitting down beside Mark] Okay, if there's something wrong. If there's ever anything wrong, you can tell me, I'm the guy that wants to help. This is OUR thing. Now, is there ANYTHING that you need to tell me?::Mark Zuckerberg: [very pointedly] No.

Thiel, Peter Filmography

Rami og Julie
1988, role: actor
Manden i månen
1986, role: actor , character name: Johannes

Thiel, Peter Filmography

Thank You for Smoking
2005, role: producer

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Peter Thiel: You Are Not a Lottery Ticket - SXSW Interactive 2013

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Duration: 54:02
Updated: 14 Oct 2013

Discourse and action in our society are increasingly dominated by the idea that the world cannot be known. But to what degree issuccess in this world dominated by luck? How much of our lives can be planned for, and can the future be achieved in a world dominated by indeterminate thinking? In an hour, we'll look at the evolution of determinate to indeterminate thinking in our society, and we'll consider its many implications.

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Peter Thiel and Andy Kessler on the state of technology and innovation

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Duration: 45:20
Updated: 20 Sep 2013

This week on Uncommon Knowledge, host Peter Robinson mediates a discussion between PayPal founder and Stanford Professor Peter Thiel and Velocity Capital Management founder and journalist Andy Kessler on the state of technology and innovation in the United States over the past four decades. Thiel argues that, outside of computers, there has been very little innovation in the past forty years, and the rate of technological change has significantly decreased when compared to the first half of the 20th century. In contrast, Kessler asserts that innovation comes in waves, and we are on the verge of another burst of technological breakthroughs. Industries covered include education, medicine and biotechnology, as well as robots and high tech.

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PandoMonthly: Fireside Chat With Peter Thiel

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Duration: 71:20
Updated: 12 Aug 2013

In a fireside chat with Sarah Lacy, Peter Thiel talks about what questions he asks of startup CEOs he is interviewing, when a company should enter a market, ...

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1.16.14 Meet the "Mozart of Chess": World Chess Champ Magnus Carlsen, in conversation w/ Peter Thiel

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Duration: 65:24
Updated: 17 Jan 2014

Speakers: Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion Moderator: Peter Thiel, Technology entrepreneur and investor; Partner, Founders Fund; Co-founder, Mithril Capital Management Magnus Carlsen took the world by storm as a child prodigy, becoming an international Grand Master at 13. At 19, he was the youngest chess player to be ranked number one in the world, and at 22, in November 2013, he defeated five-time former world champion Viswanathan Anand. Now, at age 23, Magnus holds a record rating of 2872. Be inspired by Magnus as he is interviewed by entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel, former US-rated Chess Master with a lifelong passion for chess. Topics covered are Magnus' views on the game, his experience winning the championship, and the role he believes chess can play in advancing young people's critical thinking, social skills, and ability to achieve academically. Prior to the onstage program, Magnus played in a six-board simultaneous chess demonstration. Participants entered in a drawing benefiting First Move, a dynamic non-profit organization that brings chess to second and third graders across the country—and the winner became one of the six brave players. Program Partners: Silicon Valley Bank First Move Gold Sponsor: Silicon Valley Bank Silver Sponsors: Innovation Norway The Mendell Family Foundation

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Peter Thiel's Keynote - Effective Altruism Summit 2013

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Duration: 55:13
Updated: 05 Nov 2013

http://www.effectivealtruismsummit.com/ In 2013, the effective altruism movement came together for a 7-day event in the San Francisco Bay Area. Organizations in attendance: Leverage Research, the Center for Applied Rationality, the High Impact Network, GiveWell, The Life You Can Save, 80,000 Hours, Giving What We Can, Effective Animal Altruism, and the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Keynote speakers: Peter Singer, Peter Thiel, Jaan Tallinn, and Holden Karnofsky.

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In Tech We Trust? A Debate with Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen

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Duration: 58:04
Updated: 14 Aug 2013

Updated version can be found here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SJ-zvsALgo Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen are Silicon Valley luminaries, epic entreprene...

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DLD13 - Campus Lecture by Peter Thiel

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Duration: 17:26
Updated: 11 Aug 2013

Peter Thiel from Founders Fund talks to students at LMU in Munich about the "Last Mover Advantage".

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Into the night with Garry Kasparov and Peter Thiel

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Duration: 52:21
Updated: 19 Aug 2013

World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and billionaire entrepreneur Peter Thiel discuss technology, chess, Russian and American politics as well as human rights...

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A Conversation with Peter Thiel and Niall Ferguson

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Duration: 73:21
Updated: 17 Jul 2013

A conversation with: Peter Thiel, founding CEO of PayPal; Member, Board of Directors, Facebook; entrepreneur; and venture capitalist and Niall Ferguson, Laur...

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Peter Thiel Warns of the Looming College Bubble and Student Loan Crisis

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Updated: 18 Jan 2014

Self-made Billionaire Peter Thiel, founder of Paypal and early investor in Facebook, argues for the motion "Too Many Kids Go To College" at an Intelligence Squared Debate with partner Charles Murray (co-author of "The Bell Curve") against Vivek Wadhwa and Henry Bienen (Former President of Northwestern University and Vice Chairman for Rasmussen College). Peter Thiel perfectly describes what economists and countless recent college graduates have discovered: higher education is becoming a dangerously-large financial bubble fueled by student loan debt and it is subsequently often a bad investment. If you would like, you can watch the full, 1 hour and 40 minute Intelligence Squared Debate, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VTQ-dBYSlQ College/Higher Education has been more and more of an expected step to take for every high school graduate if they are to ever expect to "make it" or "even have a chance" at financial success in the United States. Although about 66% of high school students pursuit a college degree, only 36.4% graduate on time for their bachelor's degree, and almost 40% of them never achieve a degree at all. Combine that with the mountain of government-backed student loans, that virtually anyone can get in almost any amount they request, and you get an ever-growing national student loan debt amount of over $1 trillion dollars, more than that of the national credit card debt and second only to mortgage debt. Colleges in many instances act as auction houses for placements in their programs, increasing tuitions as much as students are willing to pay. Of coarse, the students can always loan any amount of money the university desires and there seems to be no acceptable path after high school other than attaining a bachelor's degree. A large proportion of students choose to follow the rest of their classmates into the seemingly-exciting possibility of living their dream of "living the college life" which likely includes hanging out in dorms, not working, moving away from their parents, and all the while enjoying sex, alcohol, and maybe even some drugs for the next four years, all-the-while expecting a $50-100,000/year job to be waiting for them at the end of it. The reality is much different.

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Big Think Interview With Peter Thiel

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Duration: 16:55
Updated: 12 Aug 2013

A conversation with the venture capitalist.

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Copy of In Tech We Trust? A Debate with Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen

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Duration: 57:12
Updated: 17 Jul 2013

Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen are Silicon Valley luminaries, epic entrepreneurs and prominent financiers. Both have something to say about where high-tech ...

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Too Many Kids Go To College- For Intelligence Squared

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Duration: 100:27
Updated: 17 Aug 2013

A part of the Chicago Ideas Week, this debate is the first Intelligence Squared U.S. debate to be held live in Chicago. The herd mentality that assumes colle...

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Peter Thiel on Macroeconomics and Singularity

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Duration: 40:37
Updated: 10 Jun 2013

At Singularity Summit 2009.

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Has U.S. lost its ability to dream big

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Updated: 11 Feb 2014

Peter Thiel has made more than a billion dollars investing in Silicon Valley's innovations, but now he says American society has become "somehow very hostile to big ideas." "If Einstein wrote a letter to the White House, it would get lost in the mail room," Thiel told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Monday, referring to the letter Einstein wrote to U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the promise and danger of nuclear technology. "Something like the Manhattan project or the Apollo program are quite unthinkable today," he said. Many say that those very big ideas are lacking in the area that may matter most in the coming century -- climate change. England has experienced its wettest January in 250 years, and much of the southern part of that country has been literally underwater, flooded, for weeks. President Obama's administration, in an effort to act without a difficult Congress, last week announced the creation of so-called "climate hubs" to help farmers adapt to climate change -- a humble step. "The technology story in the last 20 or 30 years has been a story of tremendous innovation in the world of bits, and computers, but much less innovation in the world of atoms and stuff," Thiel said. "And the energy problem is certainly a problem that's more a problem involving atoms, and how we build new kinds of power sources." Thiel was a co-founder of PayPal and the first outside investor in Facebook. Silicon Valley has tried to innovate in green technology, he told Amanpour, but of the $50 billion he said had been invested most of it has been lost. Thiel, a hard-core libertarian and under normal circumstances no fan of government intervention, admitted that energy is a sector that requires some "complex coordination" from regulators. The problem, he opined, is that a worrying percentage of our political leadership is technology illiterate. "I looked at the U.S. Senate and House -- there are 535 people -- by a generous count, 35 of them have degrees in science or engineering. And the rest are basically living in the Middle Ages." "They don't know that solar panels don't work at night or windmills don't work when then wind is not blowing, and so there is this incredible disconnect between Silicon Valley and Washington DC in this regard." Contemporary politicians, he said, talk in "very abstract terms" -- "processes," "innovation hubs." "You have to be very specific to actually try to get things done." "Nixon went on TV in 1970 and promised that we would cure cancer in six years. Now, that did not happen, but you could not imagine a major political leader in the U.S. or anywhere in the Western world trying to coordinate against specific innovations." Thiel, in an attempt to put his money where his mouth is, started a grant program in 2010, awarding $100,000 to 20 people under age 20 to, controversially, drop out of school and pursue their big ideas.

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The U.S. Economy with Peter Thiel

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Duration: 37:23
Updated: 18 Sep 2012

Peter Thiel says the U.S. may be facing several years of slow growth or stagnation. However, in a globalized and very competitive world, there are surprising...

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Peter Thiel on Facebook, Technology, and the Higher Education Bubble

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Duration: 9:41
Updated: 16 Aug 2013

Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal, was an early investor in Facebook, and currently serves as president of the global macro h...

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Peter Thiel: Developing the Developed World

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Duration: 49:42
Updated: 10 Aug 2013

When tracked against the lofty hopes of the 1950s and 1960s, technological progress has fallen short in many domains. This technology stagnation threatens no...

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Thiel: Google has $50B, doesn't innovate

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Updated: 17 Aug 2013

Venture capitalist Peter Thiel tells Google Chairman Eric Schmidt the company has no idea how to invest its money.

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The World in 2050: What is the Next Big Idea?

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Duration: 63:52
Updated: 07 Aug 2013

Peter Thiel, Entrepreneur, Investor and Philanthropist Charles Bolden, NASA Adminstrator Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/CQJb/

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Peter Thiel at Libertopia 2010

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Updated: 30 Jul 2013

Peter Thiel, Founding CEO, Paypal; President, Clarium Capital; Philanthropist, gives the Keynote Speech at Libertopia 2010 If you like this video, please con...

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Durch die Nacht mit Garri Kasparow und Peter Thiel 1/4

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Updated: 29 Jul 2013

"Durch die Nacht mit ..." wagt sich in die Welt der Superhirne. Der größte Schachspieler aller Zeiten, Garry Kasparow, trifft in New York auf Peter Thiel den...

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Peter Thiel of PayPal talks New Zealand - ICE Ideas Conference 2011

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Updated: 20 Jul 2011

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and first external investor in Facebook, talks about the opportunities for New Zealand Inc to prosper in the Global Economy. He delivers his presentation "The Role of Innovation" live at the ICE Ideas Conference 2011. Peter Thiel is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. Mr. Thiel first gained attention for innovations in banking and startup finance. Today he is known as the mentor of the PayPal mafia of entrepreneurs, as well as for his warnings of a coming technology deficit with severe economic consequences. He works to accelerate innovation to prevent such a crisis by identifying and funding promising technology ideas and by guiding successful companies to scale and dominate their industries. Web Video produced by 90 Seconds: http://90seconds.tv . ICE Ideas Conference by The ICEHOUSE (http://www.theicehouse.co.nz), one of the top 10 technology incubators in the world. ---- Peter Thiel of PayPal talks New Zealand - ICE Ideas Conference 2011 is produced for The ICEHOUSE - The ICEHOUSE: Start Up, Business Incubation & Angel Investment - http://theicehouse.co.nz The ICEHOUSE offers business incubation, training, start up programmes, and angel investment to help your business grow. Video is starring: - Emily Taylor - Marketing Executive - The ICEHOUSE - http://theicehouse.co.nz - Chris Quin - Gen-i Limited - http://www.gen-i.co.nz - Murray Bain - Acting Deputy Cheif Executive - Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment - Derek Handley - Snakk Media - http://snakkmedia.com - Rod Drury - Founder & CEO - Xero - http://xero.com - Tim Williams - Peter Thiel - Founder - Valar Ventures - http://valarventures.com - Dr Tom Mulholland - CEO - Healthy Thinking - http://www.theattitudedoctor.com Related Videos: http://youtu.be/v1qdT-VjJ_g http://youtu.be/l6a8PoOu-fE http://youtu.be/UA_fO-pcECg http://youtu.be/MVCJGhL_t2c http://youtu.be/xgPTHl3gX8w http://youtu.be/R893qQx0zJg http://youtu.be/__0vVnFkhVI http://youtu.be/VygtJB_7ogI http://youtu.be/n8Ce_mbIn4M http://youtu.be/PTIxouZUVpI http://youtu.be/577eKlNUZcM http://youtu.be/g7orqI3mp2c http://youtu.be/dFkFqJxvlUQ http://youtu.be/6m0xDX5CDmg http://youtu.be/nMhBwc53pXk http://youtu.be/5IimQL7aeUc http://youtu.be/RhL3jftaHt8 http://youtu.be/YLcCRbr4_ss http://youtu.be/6oFAa6W9C7Q http://youtu.be/_N9Ht223fEI http://youtu.be/ZRR9Rtl0QDQ http://youtu.be/x9H-bIpCnUs http://youtu.be/CGYwR6ppyNw http://youtu.be/6FO2Jbosa4s http://youtu.be/f50lDgQ8qpI http://youtu.be/NvQlGwgIIQk http://youtu.be/eORNbn-wwjw http://youtu.be/LrgFOviB9xU Video Production by: 90 Seconds NZ - Online Video Production & Video Marketing - Auckland, NZ - http://90seconds.tv 90 Seconds is the Best Video Production company in New Zealand. We have produced over 3,000 online videos in Auckland, Wellington and Nationwide, making 90 Seconds the best online video marketers in NZ. As a leading Video Producer we enable any small business or corporate to get high quality, low cost, fast turn around, hassle-free videos for websites. 90 Seconds does Corporate Video Production and Video Marketing for New Zealands biggest brands and NZ Government agencies. We are also the NZ Small Business Video marketing experts and are a leading Tourism Video Production Company in NZ. 90 Seconds has a unique cloud video production platform that supports the entire production process enabling you to login and manage your video production online with 90 Seconds and collaborate with the 90 Seconds team and a crowd source community of approved video freelancers on the platform. 90 Seconds are a global Video Production company which started in NZ with bases in London, UK and Auckland, New Zealand, we also operate remotely in Australia, Singapore, Europe. We're a passionate crew and have built the business with a vision for changing the way media is produced and delivered globally, lead by entrepreneur Tim Norton

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Peter Thiel- PayPal's founder paying students to drop out of college

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Updated: 22 Jul 2013

Peter Thiel- PayPal's founder paying students to drop out of college.

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Max Levchin and Peter Thiel: Smart Venture Capital in 2011 (2/2/11)

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Updated: 09 Jul 2013

Max Levchin and Peter Thiel: Smart Venture Capital in 2011 Max Levchin, Founder, Slide; Co-founder, PayPal Peter Thiel, President, Clarium Capital; Co-founde...

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Government, Economic Growth, and Speculative Investing with Peter Thiel

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Updated: 05 Aug 2013

In this Uncommon Knowledge interview from November 24, 2008, Thiel argues that a book published in France in 1968, Le Defi Americain (The American Challenge)...

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VC of the Year Peter Thiel, Backstage Interview | TechCrunch 2012 Crunchies

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Updated: 26 Jul 2013

Colleen Taylor talks with Peter Thiel, winner of the VC of the Year award at the 2012 Crunchies. Watch More 2012 Crunchies Backstage Interviews: http://goo.g...

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UFM.edu - Interview with Peter Thiel, founder of Paypal

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Updated: 28 Jun 2013

Peter Thiel is an American entrepreneur, cofounder and former CEO of PayPal. He has been awarded with the Herman Lay Award for Entrepreneurship and was honor...

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A relative of a Chinese passenger aboard the Malaysia Airlines MH370, cries after being told the latest update in Beijing, China, Monday, March 24, 2014. A new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday. The news is a major breakthrough in the unprecedented two-week struggle to find out what happened to Flight 370, which disappeared shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew aboard on March 8.

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Malaysia: Missing flight crashed in Indian Ocean

Longview News Journal

24 Mar 2014

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday. The news is a major breakthrough in the unprecedented two-week struggle to find out what happened to Flight 370, which disappeared shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew aboard on March 8....(size: 3.6Kb)

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A demolished house sits in the mud on Highway 530, Sunday, March 23, 2014 the day after a giant landslide occurred near Oso, Wash.

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Officials: 18 missing in Washington mudslide

Yahoo Daily News

23 Mar 2014

ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Eighteen people were unaccounted for a day after a terrifying wall of mud, trees and debris destroyed as many as 30 houses in rural northwestern Washington state and killed at least three people, authorities said Sunday. Because of the quicksand-like mud, authorities said it was too dangerous to send rescuers into the stricken area ... Some of the missing may have been able to get out on their own, authorities said....(size: 5.5Kb)

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Search for survivors grows

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25 Mar 2014

OSO, Wash. (AP) — The search for survivors of a deadly Washington state mudslide grew Monday to include scores of people who are still unaccounted for, raising fears that the deep muck could have claimed many more lives than the eight bodies found so far. In a race to find loved ones, family members and neighbors used chain saws and their bare hands to dig through wreckage that was tangled by the mud into piles of filthy debris ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)

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Russia wants to keep contact with G8 nations

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25 Mar 2014

THE HAGUE/MOSCOW - Russia and the West sought to draw a provisional line under the Ukraine crisis on Tuesday after major industrialised nations warned Moscow of tougher economic sanctions if it goes beyond the seizure of Crimea ... "The Russian side continues to be ready to have such contacts at all levels, including the top level ... ECONOMIC CONCERNS ... There were no casualties ... U.S ... official said ... "Crimea is an integral part of Ukraine ... ....(size: 6.5Kb)

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Chinese relatives of passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, flight MH370, shout in protest as they march towards the Malaysia embassy in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 25, 2014.

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Families of Malaysia jet passengers protest in Beijing

The Los Angeles Times

25 Mar 2014

BEIJING — Hundreds of relatives of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 passengers marched on the Malaysian embassy in Beijing Tuesday, rejecting the government’s conclusion that the flight crashed into the Indian Ocean with no survivors. The rare public protest in China appeared to have the support of the Chinese government, which provided the buses to transport family members, according to one relative ... "We want our families ... 0 ... ....(size: 7.7Kb)

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Auckland’s Vend taps Peter Thiel and others for US$20 mln

Scoop

26 Mar 2014

Auckland’s Vend taps Peter Thiel and others for US$20 mln to fund growth. March 26 (BusinessDesk) �" Vend, which sells online point-of-sale software, raised US$20 million from investors including PayPal founder Peter Thiel to help fund its expansion in North America and Europe ... “With the support of Peter Thiel and Square Peg Capital, the additional ......(size: 2.5Kb)

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Vend Closes $US20m in Series B Funding Led By Valar Ventures

Scoop

26 Mar 2014

Peter Thiel Invests in the World’s Fastest Growing Cloud-Based and iPad POS Software Provider, backing the company’s UK & European plans ... The round was co-led by PayPal founder and the first outside investor in Facebook, Peter Thiel of Valar Ventures (US) and Square Peg Capital (Australia) ... market,” said Peter Thiel, co-founder of Valar Ventures....(size: 4.5Kb)

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PayPal founder invests more in NZ IT

The Daily Telegraph Australia

26 Mar 2014

PETER Thiel's Valar Ventures and Australia's Square Peg Capital have led the raising of $US20 million new capital in Auckland-based cloud venture Vend.<img src="http.//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailytelegraphbreakingnewsndm/~4/FkjAjTxuJ5w" height="1" width="1"/> ....(size: 0.3Kb)

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>A 21-Year-Old College Dropout Just Sold His Company For $2 Billion: Meet More Successful Dropouts

Seattle Post

26 Mar 2014

But there are exceptions to that rule ... With high-profile people like venture capitalist Peter Thiel starting programs to encourage talented young entrepreneurs to skip college and start businesses, the list of young new successful college dropouts seems to be expanding, including the guy who just bought Oculus who leads Facebook. Palmer Luckey created Oculus VR, just acquired by Facebook for $2 billion ... He became a billionaire....(size: 3.2Kb)

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A 21-Year-Old College Dropout Just Sold His Company For $2 Billion: Meet More Successful Dropouts

San Francisco Chronicle

26 Mar 2014

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>Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Dropped Out Of College — And So Did All These Other Tech Superstars

Seattle Post

26 Mar 2014

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Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Dropped Out Of College — And So Did All These Other Tech Superstars

San Francisco Chronicle

26 Mar 2014

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Bay Area Real Estate Deals of the Year 2013 winners

Business Journal

26 Mar 2014

Emily Fancher Senior Editor- San Francisco Business Times Email  . Google+ . Twitter. Approximately 500 people gathered at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco this evening to celebrate the winners and finalists of the San Francisco Business Times' annual Bay Area Real Estate Deals of the Year ... Congratulations to all our winners and finalists ... Comments ... Trending. In Partnership with. Peyman Nilforoush ... Peter Thiel ... ....(size: 6.5Kb)

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Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures invests in Vend's $20 million round

Business Journal

25 Mar 2014

Vend, an Auckland, New Zealand, online point-of-sale software company with an office in San Francisco, raised $20 million in a round co-led by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures and Australia's Square Peg Capital ... by Thiel, and customer self-checkout SelfPay. "The best tech companies are those that enable you to do more with less," Thiel said ... Peter Thiel....(size: 7.2Kb)

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Vend Closes $20M in Series B Funding Led by Valar Ventures & Square Peg Capital

Business Wire

25 Mar 2014

The round was co-led by PayPal co-founder and the first outside investor in Facebook, Peter Thiel of Valar Ventures (US) and Square Peg Capital (Australia) ... The new round was co-led by Valar Ventures, an internationally-focused venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel, and Square Peg Capital, from Melbourne, Australia ... “With the support of Peter ......(size: 6.7Kb)

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Vend Closes US$20M in Series B Funding Led by Valar Ventures & Square Peg Capital

Business Wire

25 Mar 2014

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Vend raises $25m for expansion

NZ Herald

25 Mar 2014

Point-of-sale software provider Vend has raised $25 million in a funding round led by early Facebook investor Peter Thiel.Chief executive Vaughan Rowsell said 2014 was shaping up to be a big year for the Auckland-based company,... ....(size: 0.2Kb)

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Vend raises extra capital

Stuff

25 Mar 2014

Auckland software firm Vend has raised a further US$20 million (NZ$23.3m) in venture capital from United States and Australian investors. The funding round values the 100-person company at about US$100m ... Paypal co-founder and Xero investor Peter Thiel and Australia's Square Peg Capital jointly led the new funding round ... Ad Feedback ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)

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