tmiyatake1 “What trends are going to happen?” I personally always have a hard time answering this question, but Peter Thiel answered it very well.

all trends are overvalued. buzzword is undervalued by firms that don’t have it.

It is important to find categories where language is not established.

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Peter Thiel on Startups, Buzzwords, and Complex Coordination - UCLA Anderson School of Management Blog

Because the buzzwords are symptomatic of a business or of a category where many people are doing them. The fact that you’ve heard certain buzzwords many times before, it’s a tell that you’re bluffing, that there’s nothing unique in your business. The more buzzwords you have, the less differentiated your business is. (DeepL) Because buzzwords are a sign that the business is a category that many people are in. The fact that you have heard a particular buzzword many times is a bluff that indicates that your business does not have originality. The more buzzwords you have, the less differentiation your business has.


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