[jak0bbbb]

I am little sad that she choose to accept her fellowship just for the sake of doing a startup. She probably took the spot of someone really interested in making a difference rather than hanging out at mundane events, branding yourself as "thiel fellow and startup CEO".

Good luck to her but that kind of people make me sick to my stomach.

[kzhahou]

Sick to your stomach? Such outrage!

Thiel Fellowship is all about startup-for-startup's-sake. The premise is you get more out of startup than school, or joining a company. Now this person decided Nope, I followed a lame idea with no huge biz potential, and it's time to get out. Kudos for NOT sticking to the startup for its own sake!

Maybe Thiel, with his experience, could have seen that food delivery is an insanely hard operations challenge?

[jak0bbbb]

I am not sure how familiar you are with the Thiel fellowship but the application process is designed to make sure that applicants think twice about what they want to accomplish. You can't realistically get accepted without convincing the admission committee that you are not this kind of person.

If she made it to the fellowship she must have lied on her intentions to be an Entrepreneur. Don't be naive.

She gamed the system, fair enough. Let's just not pretend that all of this happened by chance and that she did not know what was going on.

[loopyz]

Hi! Id just like to clarify a few things:

a) I have never actually introduced myself as a Thiel Fellow because I didn't want to immediately be associated with the stereotypes that come along with the title. It's not on my resume nor my LinkedIn.

b) I completed my application the night it was due. I told the foundation & mentors it was rushed. They noticed this too because my responses were pretty incomplete.

c) I had full intentions, and still do, of becoming an entrepreneur and working on my own startup. However, I don't think now is the time. I thought I had all the skills I needed, but I realize that I have a lot more to learn. In a few years, I'll be much better equipped. I also need time to come up with something I'm really passionate about. There are lots of successful startups that solve first world problems, but I don't think I can dedicate the rest of my life to one.

[dang]

Thank you for posting so admirably level-headed a response! I wish all HN users would respond so well when treated poorly.

Best of luck going forward, and please feel more than welcome to participate in Hacker News discussions.

[dang]

> Good luck to her but that kind of people make me sick to my stomach.

> she must have lied

jak0bbbb,

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