Thiel, who was the first outside investor in Facebook and also cofounded Palantir, is known lately for creating the Thiel Fellowship. It awards $100,000 to students who want to drop out of college and start a startup, do scientific research, or work on social impact. Y Combinator now has 14 full-time partners and 10 part-time partners, including Groupon founder Andrew Mason and Stripe cofounder Patrick Collison. The partners hold office hours and give advice to startups who participate in the three-month accelerator program. So what advice will Thiel be giving? Beyond discouraging young entrepreneurs to go to college, he may bring a few ideas that are different from Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham’s. According to this user on Quora, who has received funding from both Graham and Thiel, they agree on most issues except these: Because Thiel also works with other investors – mainly as managing partner of the San Francisco VC firm Founders Fund – Y Combinator will put a few limitations on his activity to avoid conflicts of interest: Photo credit: Flickr / Heisenberg Media (cropped)
