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How to Build the Future

LSE Entrepreneurship public lecture


It's easier to copy a model than to make something new. Adding more of something familiar takes the world from 1 to n. But every time we create something new, we go from 0 to 1. Today our challenge is to imagine and create new technologies to make the future more peaceful and prosperous.

Peter Thiel (@peterthiel), an entrepreneur and investor, co-founded PayPal and the data analytics firm Palantir Technologies. He made the first outside investment in Facebook, funded companies like SpaceX and LinkedIn, and started the Thiel Foundation, which nurtures tomorrow's tech visionaries through programs such as the Thiel Fellowship and Breakout Labs.

This event marks the publication of Peter's new book 'Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future' (@zerotoonebook).

Professor Al Bhimani is director of LSE Entrepreneurship.

Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEThiel


Speaker(s):

Peter Thiel | talks

 

Date and Time:

26 September 2014 at 6:00 pm

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

 

Venue:

Old Theatre, Old Building
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE


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Organised by:

London School of Economics & Political Science
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Tickets:

FREE

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