title: Word-of-mouth
lang: en

> During its 14 years in startup mode, Palantir has cultivated a mystique as a haven for brilliant engineers who want to solve big problems such as terrorism and human trafficking, unfettered by pedestrian concerns such as making money. Palantir executives boast of not employing a single sales­person, relying instead on word-of-mouth referrals.
> 
> <cite>*[Palantir Knows Everything About You](https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-palantir-peter-thiel/)* ([cache](/david/cache/3f3b4a37e8f57376d54ed8319edf4279/))</cite>

I really wonder who inflicted that to me one year ago. I always thought it was because I was linked to various work with the French government… but that might be a coincidence. 

*Isn’t it?!*