
Oh, and by the way - all of the above named companies are worth at least $1 billion each. Himself, Peter Thiel – who founded PayPal and Palantir. Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simmons – who founded Yelp The complete name of the book is Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future and can be found at your nearest Barnes & Noble or on. Masters, who rose from being Thiel’s student at. Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim – who together founded YouTube On Monday, Mother Jones published a profile of US Senate candidate Blake Masters, the 35-year-old protégé of PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. Chapter after chapter, Thiel gives example after example of how to successfully build the future.īut Why Listen To Thiel? Well, Peter Thiel has played a role in partnering with, inspiring and/or investing in some of the most successful tech entrepreneurs in the United States (and probably the world) including:Įlon Musk – who founded SpaceX and co-founded Tesla Motors

Quite frankly, certain sections of the book are so ridiculously well put together that one just sits there and thinks after reading them. Along with co-author (and former student) Blake Masters - Thiel has put together a hard-hitting set of standards for entrepreneurs, startups, and thought-leaders to carefully consider when building the “next big thing” of the future. The book, "Zero to One" was inspired by a collection of lectures delivered by Peter Thiel during his teaching years at Stanford. This book will inspire the desire to engage in entrepreneurship in the most blas readers, given the apparent immensity of growth opportunities. Zero To One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future Book Summary of "Zero to One" by Peter Thiel Blake Masters
