According to Peter Thiel, founders and entrepreneurs starting a company always want to aim for:

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monopoly

more competition

no competition

less competition

oligopoloy

2 These are true according to Peter Thiel's understanding of creating value (you need to find and mark more than one to earn all points available for this question):

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the value a company delivers to the world is not the same as the value a company keeps

a company can deliver a lot of value, but capture a small amount to itself

a company can deliver an average amount of value, but capture a very large return

a company can have gigantic revenues and very low profit margins

a company can have relatively average revenues, and yet high profit margins

3 According to Peter Thiel, the following is NOT true about competition:

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competition is for losers

its better to start a company going after the largest possible market

its better to start a company going after a small specialized niche market

its better to start a company going after a small market that can be expanded

4 According to Peter Thiel, these are true about companies that want to become monopolies:

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You want to go after small markets

You start with a really small market and take over the whole market

You find ways to expand from a really small market in concentric circles

You avoid going after a giant market on day one

The main reason to go after really small markets is to avoid competition

5 These are lessons learned from Peter Thiel (you need to find and mark more than one to earn all points available for this question):

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To avoid undervaluing a startup, one needs to have a longer term vision of its potential

To avoid overvaluing a startup, one needs to have a longer term vision of its potential

To increase its chances of success, startups must have incremental goals, to keep competitors at bay

It's better to be a one of a kind company

You want to be the only player in a small ecosystem

6 You want to go after small markets, markets that are so small people often don't even think that they make sense.

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True

False

7 Imagine Los Angeles County. If you want to start an organic retail shop, you would likely target Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach, or Malibu. The challenge is that there is intense competition there. However, you would probably have to drive miles to find an organic retailer in the outskirts of LA County. Therefore, according to Peter Thiel, it would be better to start a number of those shops in those areas neglected by the big brands, such as Trader Joe's, until your company gain financial strength needed to scale.

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True

False

8 Proprietary technology and massive improvements over existing solutions translate into huge advantages. Those gains are linked to:

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High fixed costs and high marginal costs

High fixed costs and low profit margins

Low fixed costs and high marginal costs

Low fixed costs and low marginal costs

High fixed costs and low marginal costs

9 The success of Tesla and Space X can be attributed to:

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Raw innovation

Limitless creativity

Monopolies

Vertical integration

10 The marginal cost of software is significant.

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True

False

11 Peter Thiel agrees with the following "definitions" of insanity, EXCEPT:

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"The battles were so ferocious because the stakes were so small"

When lots of people are trying to do somethinge

Don't always go through the tiny little door that everyone's trying to rush thrTo go through the vast gate that nobody is taking

To compete for the sake of being better than others