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:

…computers are tools, not rivals.

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Zero to One:

Properly understood, technology is the one way for us to escape competition in a globalizing world.

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Better technology… won’t replace professionals; it will allow them to do even more.

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…the most valuable companies in the future won’t ask what problems can be solved with computers alone. Instead, they’ll ask: how can computers help humans solve hard problems?

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As we find new ways to use computers, they won’t just get better at the kinds of things people already do, they’ll help us to do what was previously unimaginable.

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…we need founders. If anything, we should be more tolerant of founders who seem strange or extreme; we need unusual individuals to lead…

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…a great founder can bring out the best work from everybody at his company.

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Zero to One:

The single greatest danger for a founder is to become so certain of his own myth that he loses his mind.

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We cannot take for granted that the future will be better, and that means we need to work to create it today.

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Only by seeing our world anew… can we both re-create it and preserve it for the future.

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