AP Peter Thiel and Elon Musk have worked together for decades, but are polar opposites. I have a few pages worth of highlights from this book on a Google Doc. Peter Thiel (left) and Elon Musk (right) pose for a 1999 story about their company PayPal. It’s also one of the few books I’ve given ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to! If you check Goodreads, the reviews seem polarizing, but Zero to One helped me think on a macro scale which has helped shape several decisions I’ve taken so far. To conclude, I felt this is a must-read for anyone considering entrepreneurship. I personally love books that talk about stories of the tough calls founders had to take (foreshadowing the next book review hehe) so some parts of the book nearly gave me goosebumps. And how he believes that improvement is good, but original creations are the need of the hour. The key point Peter Thiel tries to drive is how many of us have the wrong idea of startups.

In fact, the book doesn’t have much in terms of specific insight that will help you solve a key problem.īut it did help me understand certain problems and the potential answers to those better. Now let me preface this review by saying that reading this book will not magically make you a startup guru.

3 History In 1987, after around 500 students participated in a march led by Jesse Jacksons Rainbow Coalition, the students were inspired to put forth the Rainbow Agenda, a list of the concerns that the minority students wanted the institution to address. This book’s review-along with several others-is saved as a story highlight on my page. 1 2 It was founded in 1987 by Peter Thiel and Norman Book. After completing it, I felt compelled to share it on my Instagram.

Back in 2019 when I started reading, I’d read around a dozen books before coming to this one.

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