Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast
Silicon Valley insider Kent Lindstrom explores the reality behind the Silicon Valley headlines as he sits down with the established venture capital and founder veterans and up-and-comers who are shaping the way we view the world online and beyond.
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Max Chafkin on Peter Thiel: "The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power" (opens the original)
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Max Chafkin is the author of "The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power". Max is a technology reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek. "The Contrarian" isn't just about Thiel. It's about that, too, of course -- from PayPal to his Facebook investment to his failed hedge fund, etc. But it's also about "Silicon Valley's political coming-of-age", as the New York Times describes it. We discuss how Peter Thiel came to wealth, and the many controversies surrounding him. We also disc
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