DEEP DIVE: How The Thiel Fellowship Created $750B+ In Value | Ethereum, Figma, OYO, Anthropic “Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius.” - Peter Thiel Danielle Strachman (@DStrachman), a Founding architect of the Thiel Fellowship, shares the inside story behind the radical program born out of Peter Thiel’s Thiel Foundation - giving $100K to teenagers willing to drop out & build One of the most consequential programs in history, she shares the impact & second order effects to education, silicon valley, & the world. Highlights - $100K Grants → $750B+ In Value - Outcomes: Ethereum, Figma, OYO, Anthropic, Scale AI - Fellowship 2.0: 1517, OSV & 776 Fellowships - Disrupting Education + Zuckerberg’s Secret School - Alpha School: Next-Gen Contrarian Education - Why People Think Thiel is “Evil” ? - Selection: Traits, Anti-Traits & The Famous Question - The Legacy - List of Notable Fellows **At the time of recording we had the figure at $550B. We recently learned Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah was also a Thiel fellow - new $750B figure includes Anthropic's upcoming financing at $170B. Timestamps (00:00) Thiel Fellowship (01:10) $750B+ Outcomes: Ethereum, Figma, Scale AI, OYO, Anthropic (08:32) The Contrarian Question (15:00) The Fellowship: $100K, No School, Radical Freedom (19:00) Media Backlash & Cultural Criticism (26:45) Cultural Impact & Future Vision (33:02) Is Peter Thiel Evil? (37:41) Reshaping Silicon Valley's View of Young Founders (39:10) Key Traits That Predict Success (45:10) Founding 1517 Fund: Fellowship 2.0 (52:52) 1517: Funding Dropouts & Sci-Fi Scientists (55:30) The Rise of Alpha School: AI-Based Education @William_Blake | @1517fund | @thielfellowship