Zero to One_ Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future ( PDFDrive )

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Copyright © 2014 by Peter ThielAll
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PrefaceZERO TO ONEEVERY MOMENT IN B
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THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTUREWHENEVER
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century air conditioning, and even
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STARTUP THINKINGNew technology tend
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A QUICK HISTORY OF THE ’90SThe 19
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MANIA: SEPTEMBER 1998-MARCH 2000Dot
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hurry. A South Korean firm wired us
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The entrepreneurs who stuck with Si
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dogmatically rejecting them. Instea
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In this book, we’re not intereste
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Think about how Google talks about
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between Hackers and Jaws: rap star
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RUTHLESS PEOPLEThe problem with a c
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monopoly profits provides a powerfu
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competed even harder for the standa
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Office vs. Docs, and Surface vs. Ne
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If you can’t beat a rival, it may
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In March 2001, PayPal had yet to ma
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CHARACTERISTICS OF MONOPOLYWhat doe
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3. Economies of ScaleA monopoly bus
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BUILDING A MONOPOLYBrand, scale, ne
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Silicon Valley has become obsessed
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YOU ARE NOT A LOTTERY TICKETTHE MOS
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CAN YOU CONTROL YOUR FUTURE?You can
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merry in the meantime: hence Europe
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hubris. You can still visit the Bay
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businessman, but actually his own a
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opinion exactly, so for the most pa
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Francis Bacon wrote that “the pro
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American households were saving, at
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THE RETURN OF DESIGNWhat would it m
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YOU ARE NOT A LOTTERY TICKETWe have
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to understand: we don’t live in a
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The error lies in expecting that ve
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of companies that will successfully
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After 10 years, however, the portfo
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WHAT TO DO WITH THE POWER LAWThe po
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SECRETSEVERY ONE OF TODAY’S most
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WHY AREN’T PEOPLE LOOKING FOR SEC
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are found mostly in history books a
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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO CONVENTIONHo
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THE CASE FOR SECRETSYou can’t fin
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HOW TO FIND SECRETSThere are two ki
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WHAT TO DO WITH SECRETSIf you find
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FOUNDING MATRIMONYWhen you start so
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To see misalignment at its most ext
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ON THE BUS OR OFF THE BUSAs a gener
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VESTED INTERESTSStartups don’t ne
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BEYOND PROFESSIONALISMThe first tea
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compensation or perks, but you can
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DO ONE THINGOn the inside, every in
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NERDS VS. SALESMENThe U.S. advertis
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himself). The polar opposite busine
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The traditional U.S. aerospace indu
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mass appeal but lack any method of
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One of these methods is likely to b
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SUBSTITUTION VS. COMPLEMENTARITYFif
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Page 142 and 143: THE DISTRIBUTION QUESTIONCleantech
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Page 160 and 161: WHERE KINGS COME FROMExtreme founde
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Page 172 and 173: Illustration CreditsThe illustratio
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Page 182 and 183: Q-CellsRand, AynRawls, John, 6.1, 6
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Page 186: About the AuthorsPeter Thiel is an
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