Book Titles

Zero to One
Notes on startups, or how to build the future

By Peter Thiel

Year Published: 2014
ISBN-13: 978-0-8041-3929-8
Categories: Future, Success

111 Quotes Found

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Zero to One:

Most fights inside a company happen when colleagues compete for the same responsibilities.

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Zero to One:

…customers will not come just because you built it. You have to make that happen, and it’s harder than it looks.

127

Zero to One:

…advertising matters because it works. It works on nerds, and it works on you.

127

Zero to One:

…advertising doesn’t exist to make you buy a product right away; it exists to embed subtle impressions that will drive sales later.

127

Zero to One:

All salesmen are actors: their priority is persuasion, not sincerity.

128

Zero to One:

If you’ve invented something new but you haven’t invented an effective way to sell it, you have a bad business – no matter how good the product.

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Zero to One:

A product is viral if its core functionality encourages users to invite their friends to become users too.

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Zero to One:

Whoever is first to dominate the most important segment of a market with viral potential will be the last mover in the whole market.

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Zero to One:

The most valuable businesses of coming decades will be built by entrepreneurs who seek to empower people rather than try to make them obsolete.

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Zero to One:

…computers are tools, not rivals.

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