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Zero to One

Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future

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Zero to One

By: Blake Masters, Peter Thiel
Narrated by: Blake Masters
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WHAT VALUABLE COMPANY IS NOBODY BUILDING?

The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them. It’s easier to copy a model than to make something new: doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. Every new creation goes from 0 to 1. This book is about how to get there.

‘Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.’
ELON MUSK, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla

‘This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.’
MARK ZUCKERBERG, CEO of Facebook

‘When a risk taker writes a book, read it. In the case of Peter Thiel, read it twice. Or, to be safe, three times. This is a classic.’
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB, author of The Black Swan

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Critic Reviews

Crisply written, rational and practical, Zero to One should be read not just by aspiring entrepreneurs but by anyone seeking a thoughtful alternative to the current pervasive gloom about the prospects for the world
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great story and heaps of facts from co-founder of PayPal and serial investor. It gives new perspective on competition and explains why every enterprenuor need to strive to be a monopolist. start small, be superior and critical to conventional thinking.

The book is worth spending your time on

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I find Thiel's contrarian take on profound matters very interesting, and gladly purchased this audiobook. I found myself stumped when Thiel's classic interview question (won't spoil it for you) was posed. Thiel also counters the notion that competition is good, by arguing that competition encourages conformity.

Having said that, I was not impressed with the chapters in the app not being titled. Small things such as that can make quite the difference.

I highly recommend listening to this even if you have no plans to create a startup.

Brief but worth it

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I found this really interesting and easy to listen to. Not overpowering or condescending or all knowing .... insightful :)

Insight without the lecture

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I found this book very provoking...you need half a day and complete focus to withdraw the golden nuggets of experience that speak through the pages. Have added one more to the dream list - have a laugh with Peter Thiel ...for we all die at the end.

A thought filled book,Peter Thiel is my new hero

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Very detailed information and story line with a lot of CPU required to process in any more than 30min blocks I found.

Unique train of thought

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