Business
Zero to One
2014 · 224 pages · Hardcover
An argument for building distinctive companies and thinking independently about the future.
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Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal and Palantir and made an early outside investment in Facebook. His background spans building companies and financing other founders, which gives the book its emphasis on innovation and durable business value. Blake Masters is the volume’s co-author; in the accompanying 2014 interview, he also puts readers’ questions to Thiel.
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- Penguin Random House — Zero to One
- The Tim Ferriss Show — Peter Thiel, episode 28
- The Tim Ferriss Show — official Peter Thiel interview transcript
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