What did your experience at Palantir teach you about corporate culture and cults?
Replied byGarry Tan
President & CEO at Y Combinator
Niche: Technology
Revenue: Not Publicly Disclosed/month
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Started: 2005
I learned that everything awesome in life starts as a bit of a cult. It begins with a core group of people sharing a fundamental belief or truth that flies in the face of established orthodoxy. Having a high-conviction, heretical belief is very punk and is the source of startup innovation.
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