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Wealth quote of the day by Peter Thiel, “Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius.” From PayPal to Palantir: How Thiel’s theory of making money puts bravery over brainsWealth quote of the day by Peter Thiel, “Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius.” In American financ...- Fellowships open a door for campus entrepreneursData from Superscout, a platform that tracks VC fellowship and scout programmes globally, shows that from a total of about 10,000 applicati...
- Quote of the day by Peter Thiel: 'Live each day as if you will live forever. The choices you make today matter'Tech titan Peter Thiel inspired Hamilton College graduates. He shared his journey, emphasizing that unexpected turns can lead to great achi...
- Youngest billionaire Lucy Guo shares a rare connection with unicorn founders like Oyo’s Ritesh Agarwal and Figma’s Dylan Field. Can you guess?Lucy Guo, 30, is Forbes’ youngest self-made female billionaire with a $1.25 billion net worth, after Meta acquired her startup Scale AI in ...
- How Figma’s billionaire CEO Dylan Field hustled with cold emails and coffee to build a $68 billion empireDilan Field, at 19, used cold emails and networking to build Figma. He leveraged his internship contacts and sought feedback. He invited de...
- After Figma’s blockbuster IPO, CEO Dylan Field made $5 billion without a degree! Do Gen Z need college to succeed?Figma CEO Dylan Field net worth 2025: Dylan Field's success with Figma sparks debate about college value. Figma's IPO made Field a billiona...
- Who is Lucy Guo, the college dropout who just surpassed Taylor Swift as the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire?Lucy Guo, the co-founder of Scale AI, has become the youngest self-made female billionaire. Forbes estimates her net worth at $1.25 billion...
- It's over for Taylor Swift. 30-year-old techie becomes youngest self-made billionaire woman: What's her connection to OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal?Lucy Guo, a 30-year-old entrepreneur, has surpassed Taylor Swift as the youngest self-made billionaire woman, fueled by a significant valua...
- Life of a Shark Tank judge: OYO CEO Ritesh Agarwal could not use washroom in peace during a flightOYO CEO Ritesh Agarwal shared a humorous experience of being pitched startup ideas while waiting for the restroom on a flight. His story, w...
- This is the story of when OYO CEO Ritesh Agarwal doubled as the cleaning crew and front desk managerAgarwal became the first Asian recipient of the fellowship grant of $100,000, which enabled him to return to India and start his hospitalit...
- What is Thiel Fellowship? OYO's Ritesh Agarwal got $100,000 from itRitesh Agarwal OYO founder: OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal regrets not having formal education. OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal awarded $100,000 for...
- OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal missed out on college experience, but credits Thiel fellowship for 4 lessons that helped his entrepreneurial spiritOYO Rooms founder Ritesh Agarwal has reflected on his decision to drop out of college to become an entrepreneur. At 20, Agarwal founded OYO...
- SIM card seller, college dropout, millionaire at 22: Boy from Naxal area scripts incredible storyAgarwal is a textbook example of lack of a degree being no prerequisite for success. A few years ago, he used to sell SIM cards in a small ...
- Peter Thiel, the VC who backed Trump, and refuses to conformThiel takes a stand, often an opposing one, and then sticks by it. Here are the other times when he controversially stood alone.
- Meet OYO Rooms' Ritesh Agarwal: The dropout who dined with Peter ThielOYO Rooms received Rs 630 cr in funding from SoftBank recently. Clearly, lack of a degree hasn’t stopped investors from believing in Ritesh...
- Ritesh Agarwal's journey from being a SIM-seller to the helm of OYO RoomsFor Ritesh Agarwal, who left home in Odisha as a teenager to seek his fortune, carrying all his possessions wherever he went was second nat...
- OYO Rooms get funding worth Rs 635 crore from SoftBank, othersThe startup, founded three years ago by college dropout Ritesh Agarwal, now 21, is expected to be valued at about $400 million (Rs 2,500 cr...
- Ritesh Agarwal's Oravel Stays valued at Rs 150 crore in funding round“The primary investment into the company has closed, with Sequoia Capital leading the round. That would be about $5 million."
- Students on Indian campuses more inclined to drop out from college to start venturesWith Bill Gates, Steve Jobs & Mark Zuckerberg to look up to as role models, many Indian students are now inclined to startups than complete...
- Ritesh Agarwal, a young Indian entrepreneur selected for 'Thiel Fellowship'Ritesh Agarwal, founder of online short-stay accommodation listing venture Oravel, is the only Indian resident to be selected.
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