Peter Thiel on pivoting and PayPal’s early failure
A short YouTube monologue by Peter Thiel recounting PayPal’s initial product failure (an infrared beaming device for Palm Pilots) and using that anecdote to emphasize the importance of adaptability, pivoting, and persistence in entrepreneurship. Thiel argues teams can recover from product failures by changing course rather than treating failure as final.
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