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:

By definition, a secret hasn’t been vetted by the mainstream.

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Zero to One:

If you goal is to never make a mistake in your life, you shouldn’t look for secrets.

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Zero to One:

People are scared of secrets because they are scared of being wrong.

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Zero to One:

…we have given up our sense of wonder at secrets left to be discovered.

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To say that there are no secrets left today would mean that we live in a society with no hidden injustices.

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Zero to One:

You can’t find secrets without looking for them.

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Zero to One:

If you think something hard is impossible, you’ll never even start trying to achieve it. Belief is secrets is an effective truth.

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Zero to One:

Great companies can be built on open but unsuspected secrets about how the world works.

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Zero to One:

…when thinking about what kind of company to build, there are two distinct questions to ask: What secrets is nature not telling you? What secrets are people not telling you?

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Zero to One:

…only by believing in and looking for secrets could you see beyond the convention to an opportunity hidden in plain sight.

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