British teenager wins $100,000 US technology fellowship

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  • super jumbe
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    • Dec 2008
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    British teenager wins $100,000 US technology fellowship



    Eighteen-year-old Andrew Brackin has just been given the offer of a life time.

    He's been handed $100,000 (?67,000) to go and live in San Francisco and work on his own tech idea.

    The teenager from London is one of 20 young business people now being sponsored by Peter Thiel, the co-creator of PayPal and one of the first people to put money into Facebook.

    But the offer comes with a catch.

    Andrew must agree to skip university and avoid any formal studying for at least two years.

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    • super jumbe
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      • Dec 2008
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      'Hypocrite': Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder and Facebook investor, will teach a computer science class at Stanford, despite his cynicism about college

      Who is Peter Thiel?

      In 1998 Thiel co-founded PayPal, an online payments system, with Max Levchin. The company later merged with X.com, then headed by Elon Musk. PayPal went public on February 15, 2002, and was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion later that year.[10] Thiel's 3.7 percent stake in PayPal was worth approximately $55 million at the time of the acquisition.[11]

      PayPal co-founder who dismissed university as waste of time and offered students cash to drop out set to teach at Stanford.

      Is university as waste of time?
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      Did you know People will question all the good things they hear about you but believe all the bad without a second thought.

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        • nara
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          • May 2008
          • 2586
          #3
          Originally posted by super jumbe
          Who is Peter Thiel?
          Well, he's not a British teenager.
          He who laughs last probably didn't get the joke.

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            • super jumbe
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              • Dec 2008
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              #4
              Originally posted by nara
              Well, he's not a British teenager.
              I never thought he was and your point was??
              Tools owned: Hammer, Chisel, Crowbar, Punch, Chainsaw, Cutter and Brain!!!

              Did you know People will question all the good things they hear about you but believe all the bad without a second thought.

              Note:
              All information given is to be used for educational purposes only and should not be taken seriously.

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                • nara
                  DK Veteran
                  • May 2008
                  • 2586
                  #5
                  Originally posted by super jumbe
                  ...and your point was??

                  Relevant and to the point.
                  He who laughs last probably didn't get the joke.

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