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You'll attract the employees you need if you can explain why your mission is compelling: not why it's important in general, but why you're doing something important that no one else is going to get done.
Peter Thiel
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Peter Thiel
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: October 11
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Frankfurt/Main
Peter Andreas Thiel
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