But Thiel and Founders Fund managing partner Luke Nosek wanted to fund something less one-off, so they came up with the idea of the "20 Under 20" program last September, announcing it just days later at San Francisco Disrupt.
Frequency was measured using 8 categories: never, one off, less than once a month, once a month, once or twice a week, 3-6 times a week, daily use and uncertain frequency.
In a world where an idea created in London one day can be copied and on the shelves in China the next, we should worry less about one-off wins, and focus on innovation, not innovations.
Although much previous work has implicitly viewed disclosure as a more or less simple one-off task, there is a growing recognition that disclosure is a complex process, comprising more than simply naming the illness.
But he was also called on to work on one-off, more or less monumental, buildings.
We both sensed that this was, more or less, a one off day of hanging out with each other, which was probably why we talked so openly about our history in life and love.
Conversely, the types of activities that teachers consider less effective, namely one-off education conferences and seminars, show comparatively high participation rates.
But pensioners are apparently less than grateful for one-off bonuses such as £10 at Christmas, £150 for winter fuel, and the promise of free television licences, worth £104 for those aged over 75.
Delves sees what happened as less of an unlucky one-off in an otherwise relatively manageable editorial environment and more of a wake-up call to advertisers that websites that depend on anonymous, crowd-sourced information are inherently risky.
Threesomes in fanfic are common, but "less likely to be one-off things," Vox reporter Aja Romano, who has read, written and covered fanfiction for years, told me.
