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by Peter A. Thiel, 2014
Who uses, recommends or left Zero to One, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
5 people
This is an extremely well-written book focused on startup product strategy.
From his “Summer Reading” essay, in the section he introduces as “my four favorite strategy books”.
2021-08-05·askgib.substack.com ↗
I think Peter Teal’s book is self recommending and is an excellent book, Zero to One
Books he would prescribe to a would-be entrepreneur (the transcript misspells Thiel as “Teal”).
2018-01-01·tim.blog ↗
Peter Thiel described the period well when he wrote in his excellent book Zero to One:
Griffin introduces a Thiel quote while telling a short-selling story from the 1990s in his Jim Chanos post.
2016-01-09·25iq.com ↗
Zero To One, Hard Thing about Hard Things, High Growth Handbook, AI Superpowers
The draft reading list for his Network School, in the “Tech” section.
2025-02-02·balajis.com ↗
Thoughts on building innovative new companies. There’s some startup BS in Zero to One that turned me off, but still enough interesting insight to recommend the book.
On his public list of books he has read, with his notes.
2016-01-01·radex.io ↗
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