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Zero to One (Peter Thiel)
Thiel's contrarian startup playbook: vertical vs horizontal progress, why competition destroys profits, the four traits of monopolies, starting small, last-mover advantage, the power law, secrets and definite optimism.
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Prereqs: Moats; Startups basics. Next: 7 Powers; The Innovator's Dilemma. Book: Peter Thiel with Blake Masters, *Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future* (2014), based on Thiel's Stanford CS183 class (2012).Next: 1. Zero to one