Peter Thiel's Contrarian Advice for Startups: Book Insights on Zero to One by Peter Thiel

*Every new invention or discovery since we learned to ignite fire and make the wheel changes how we live. 

*Perhaps on the surface Facebook and the iPhone aren’t as momentous or paradigm-shifting as Newton discovering gravity, or Alexander Fleming discovering penicillin, but the impact of these two advances in technology and communication on society is seismic. 

*In fact, for PayPal founder and legendary investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, these feats of technology are minor miracles. 

*Thiel argues that the future belongs to – and will be made by – the people who will find and follow the unwalked path, who try the untried. 

*Not another social platform, like Facebook, or a housesharing app, like Airbnb, but something completely novel and unique. 

*Zero to One, both as a book and as a concept, is about finding the greatest idea that no one has ever thought of. 

*It’s about turning that idea not just into reality, but ensuring that you dominate the market for it.

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Theme 2: New Ideas & Sales - 8:47

Theme 3: AI & Startup Culture - 18:32

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Investors Archive. “Billionaire Peter Thiel: How To Build The Next Unicorn.” YouTube, YouTube, 2 May 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRpdijPmC7Y.

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TechCrunch. “How Peter Thiel Knows If A Startup Is Crazy Smart, Or Just Crazy | Disrupt SF 2014.” YouTube, YouTube, 8 Sept. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeVjGpNpF6E.

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Full Title: Zero To One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Year of Publication: 2014

Book Author: Peter Thiel

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