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Blake Masters: Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup -... →
blakemasters: Here is an essay version of my class notes from Class 6 of CS183: Startup. Errors and omissions are my own. Credit for good stuff is Peter’s entirely. This class was kind of a crash course in VC financing. I didn’t include all the examples since you can learn more about VC math elsewhere, e.g. here
Apr 28th
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blakemasters: Here is an essay version of class notes from Class 5 of CS183: Startup. Errors and omissions are mine. Stephen Cohen, co-founder and Executive VP of Palantir Technologies, and Max Levchin of PayPal and Slide fame joined this class as guest speakers. Credit for good stuff goes to them and…
Apr 28th
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blakemasters: Here is an essay version of my class notes from Class 4 of CS183: Startup. Errors and omissions are my own. Credit for good stuff is Peter’s entirely. CS183: Startup—Notes Essay—April 11—The Last Mover Advantage I. Escaping Competition The usual narrative is that capitalism and…
Apr 28th
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blakemasters: Here is an essay version of class notes from Class 3 of CS183: Startup. Errors and omissions are my own. Credit for good stuff is Peter’s entirely. Please note that I actually missed this class (I was on my honeymoon!). Thanks to @erikpavia and @danrthompson for sending me their notes to…
Apr 28th
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blakemasters: Here is an essay version of my class notes from Class 2 of CS183: Startup. Errors and omissions are my own. Credit for good stuff is Peter’s entirely. CS183: Startup—Notes Essay—April 4—Party Like It’s 1999? I. Late to the Party History is driven by each generation’s experience. We…
Apr 28th
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blakemasters: Here is an essay version of my class notes from Class 1 of CS183: Startup. Errors and omissions are my own. Credit for good stuff is Peter’s entirely. CS183: Startup—Notes Essay—April 2 Purpose and Preamble We might describe our world as having retail sanity, but wholesale madness….
Apr 28th
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