<story><title>Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup - Class 5 Notes Essay</title><url>http://blakemasters.tumblr.com/post/21437840885/peter-thiels-cs183-startup-class-5-notes-essay</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dirtyaura</author><text>For me, these class notes are the most thought-provoking stuff that has surfaced HN for a while. The first few lectures took this bird-eye view to entrepreneurship, which was very refreshing. Thiel&apos;s view about competition vs monopolies, or as he puts it, globalization vs technology, was a new point of view to me. And this more practical discussion about company culture is quite spot on in my experience: argumentative culture is better than too nice culture.</text></comment>
<story><title>Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup - Class 5 Notes Essay</title><url>http://blakemasters.tumblr.com/post/21437840885/peter-thiels-cs183-startup-class-5-notes-essay</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>chubot</author><text>The bit about respecting your coworkers, rather than simply being nice, really struck a chord.   When I think back, the worst working situation I had was the one where I lost respect for my coworkers.  I think it&apos;s an important question to ask yourself.  If the answer is no, it&apos;s time to move on.</text></comment>