My first guess is there’s some overlap but it’s slightly orthogonal — btw, it might not have come across in original post, but Butler is a really well-loved teammate who is happy to defer to other guys on his team, set them up for success, etc. He doesn’t need to be “the guy” any given night — he just wants his team to win with a rather extreme fervor about it.
Yeah, when Thiel is talking about cooperation vs. competition, he’s also not talking about being a team player vs needing to be the star- he’s talking about the relation to either ignoring competition and just focusing on creating a good product, or specifically worrying about your competitors and figuring out how you can beat them.
Interesting thought yeah.
My first guess is there’s some overlap but it’s slightly orthogonal — btw, it might not have come across in original post, but Butler is a really well-loved teammate who is happy to defer to other guys on his team, set them up for success, etc. He doesn’t need to be “the guy” any given night — he just wants his team to win with a rather extreme fervor about it.
Yeah, when Thiel is talking about cooperation vs. competition, he’s also not talking about being a team player vs needing to be the star- he’s talking about the relation to either ignoring competition and just focusing on creating a good product, or specifically worrying about your competitors and figuring out how you can beat them.
In Thiel’s world which of these is better?
He says good startup teams need people with both attitudes.