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:

…the more we compete, the less we gain.

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Zero to One:

Among all the human drama, people lose sight of what matters and focus on their rivals instead.

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Zero to One:

Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and slavishly copy what has worked in the past.

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Zero to One:

Competition can make people hallucinate opportunities where none exist.

40

Zero to One:

Winning is better than losing, but everybody loses when the war isn’t one worth fighting.

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Zero to One:

There isn’t any middle ground: either don’t throw any punches, or strike hard and end it quickly.

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Zero to One:

…a great business is defined by its ability to generate cash flows in the future.

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Zero to One:

…the value of a business today is the sum of all the money it will make in the future.

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Zero to One:

Technology companies… often lose money for the first few years: it takes time to build valuable things, and that means delayed revenue.

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Zero to One:

For a company to be valuable it must grow and endure, but many entrepreneurs focus only on short-term growth.

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