Zero to One
Blake Masters was a Stanford Law School student in 2012 when his thorough notes on Peter's class "Computer Science 183: Startup" became viral on the internet. He is the President of The Thiel Foundation and the CEO of Thiel Capital. He has supplied seed money to LinkedIn, Yelp, and dozens of successful digital firms, many of which are managed by former colleagues dubbed the "PayPal Mafia."
The great mystery of our time is that there are still unexplored territories to explore and new inventions to make. In Zero to One, entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel demonstrates how we might find unique ways to build those new things.
Thiel begins with the counter-intuitive premise that we live in a time of technological stagnation, even if we're too distracted by flashy mobile devices to notice. Although information technology has advanced rapidly, there is no reason to confine progress to computers or Silicon Valley. Progress can be made in any industry or business. It stems from the most fundamental skill that every leader must learn: the ability to think for oneself.
Doing something that someone else already knows how to accomplish increases the world from 1 to n by adding more of something familiar. However, as you try anything new, your score increases from 0 to 1. The next Bill Gates is unlikely to create an operating system. A search engine will not be created by the next Larry Page or Sergey Brin. Tomorrow's champions will not triumph if they compete ruthlessly in today's market. They will be immune to competition since their firms will be one-of-a-kind.
Zero to One gives both a hopeful perspective of America's future advancement and a new way of thinking about innovation: it begins with learning to ask the questions that lead to the discovery of value in unexpected places. It is regarded as one of the best books on business.
Author: Blake Masters and Peter Thiel
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804139296
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