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Zero To One
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"a great founder can bring out the best work from everybody at his company."
Books on business development and entrepreneurship - the good ones - usually have one thing in common: they require slow, patient reading so that the reader will have sufficient amount for time to let the principles sunk in. But in Zero to One, things are different. One could read the entire thing very quickly in a few hours, while retaining most of the contents.
"Monopoly is the condition of every successful business."
By incorporating the author's own personal experiences as well as his system of belief, this book provides an interesting analysis over a broad range of topics. To me, this is the first time a start-up was evaluated using these seemingly mutually exclusive indicators: monopoly, creativity, passion, sales, innovation (instead of iteration), founder characteristics etc.
"Winning is better than losing, but everybody loses when the war isn't worth fighting."
Given how quickly one is able to read this book, it is easy recommending this book for anyone interested in start-ups, for you will definitely be able to share the author's unique interpretation of the business world.
"A good startup should have the potential for great scale built into its first design."
Books on business development and entrepreneurship - the good ones - usually have one thing in common: they require slow, patient reading so that the reader will have sufficient amount for time to let the principles sunk in. But in Zero to One, things are different. One could read the entire thing very quickly in a few hours, while retaining most of the contents.
"Monopoly is the condition of every successful business."
By incorporating the author's own personal experiences as well as his system of belief, this book provides an interesting analysis over a broad range of topics. To me, this is the first time a start-up was evaluated using these seemingly mutually exclusive indicators: monopoly, creativity, passion, sales, innovation (instead of iteration), founder characteristics etc.
"Winning is better than losing, but everybody loses when the war isn't worth fighting."
Given how quickly one is able to read this book, it is easy recommending this book for anyone interested in start-ups, for you will definitely be able to share the author's unique interpretation of the business world.
"A good startup should have the potential for great scale built into its first design."
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Patrick wrote: "I agree - very good book.The topic of monopoly is very interesting in this book.
He gets it mostly right.
Except he does not seem to know about the Austrian School of Economic analysis of the sub..."
Yep, I found it interesting as well as insightful, specially this being one of my first books on the subject.
I have not heard of Austrian School of Economics view until now. I'll certainly add Armentano's The Myths of AntiTrust.
Thank you very much for the recommendation!
You bet!Good luck with Armentano.
And Mises, my absolute favorite.
"One could read the entire thing very quickly in a few hours, while retaining most of the contents."This would be a definite drawing-card for me, if I were personally involved in the business world. Great review, Tharindu!
Debbie wrote: ""One could read the entire thing very quickly in a few hours, while retaining most of the contents."This would be a definite drawing-card for me, if I were personally involved in the business worl..."
Thank you, Debbie! This book distinguishes itself in a number of ways from the typical entrepreneur guide books. And, I think it's an interesting read even if you aren't involved in the world of business..
The topic of monopoly is very interesting in this book.
He gets it mostly right.
Except he does not seem to know about the Austrian School of Economic analysis of the subject:
Mises, Rothbard, Armentano and others, so misconstrues what mainstream economics says about it for what ALL economist say.
I highly recommend The Myths of AntiTrust by Armentano for one of the very best treatments of the subject, if you are interested. It is not from an entrepreneur's business perspective, but the general Austrian Econ. approach uses that perspective in it's analysis, whereas mainstream econ does not really at all, so misses out on the key concepts of competition, time, innovation, consumer preferences, values, etc. Of course Marxist analysis of these things are trash and lead to the destruction of civilization.