Peter Diamandis
Peter Diamandis
Peter H. Diamandisis a Greek–American engineer, physician, and entrepreneur best known for being the founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation, the co-founder and executive chairman of Singularity University and the co-author of the New York Times bestsellers Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think and BOLD: How to Go Big, Create Wealth, and Impact the World. He is also the former CEO and co-founder of the Zero Gravity Corporation, the co-founder and vice chairman of Space Adventures...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth20 May 1961
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Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear.
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The first trillionaire can be made in space.
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Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.
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The meek shall inherit the earth. The rest of us are going to the stars.
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Small teams driven by their passion with a clear focus can do extraordinary things. Things that only large corporations and governments could do in the past.
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The paradigm I want to change is that, you can have a car that is beautiful, manufacturable, affordable, safe, fast, and oh, by the way, does 100 mpg, or its energy equivalent. Why wouldn't you?
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Find that thing that you are passionate about, that you will do day or night whether someone pays you or not...because if you have that, you will have gold.
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We are racing toward a world of abundance, and we are going to be increasing the quality of life for everyone on this planet. The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities.
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The day before something is a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea.
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In my role as chairman of the X Prize, I had approached well over one hundred corporate chief executive officers regarding sponsorship. Few were able to grasp the importance of this new market...and those who were had great difficulty accepting the risks involved,
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All of a sudden, something that was dangerous was attractive to potential sponsors who saw it as a highly visible thing, like race cars. Or it was attractive to wealthy individuals who were looking to do something fun.
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Humans are the worst control system to put in front of a car.