today’s
word - expel - reject and remove
color - Canada red - #D80621
news - Canada and India expel each other’s diplomats (The Washington Post)
organization - Thiel Fellowship (2011)
the fellowship funds students (max 22 years old) building startups
many college students self-expel (i.e. drop out) to pursue the program
they are given $100,000.00 USD to cover 2 years of runway
each year 20-25 individuals selected
a total 285 fellows have founded 193 companies
some notable alumni include (Bloomberg):
Vitalik Buterin
Robert Habermeier
Lucy Guo
Austin Russel
Paul Gu
Dylan Field
complete list can be found here
ventures from alumni (as founder or cofounder) include:
Ethereum - $328B
ScaleAI - $13.8B
Figma - $12.5B
Polkadot - $6.47B
Upstart - $4.76B
OYO - $2.4B
Luminar - $500MM
media - Harry gets expelled - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2018)
“you’re going to get us killed, or worse, expelled!”
― Hermione Grainger
made with ❤️ and GPT-4o in San Francisco on 2024-10-18