Entrepreneur and author
Peter Thiel is an American entrepreneur and investor who co-founded PayPal and was the first outside investor in Facebook. He is the co-author of Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, which argues that true innovation means creating something entirely new rather than copying what already exists.
by Peter Thiel
Thiel argues that true innovation means creating something entirely new, not copying what exists. Competition is for losers, monopoly through unique value is how lasting companies are built.
The books Peter Thiel references, cites, and recommends most frequently.
by Clayton Christensen
Christensen explains why successful companies fail: they rationally ignore disruptive innovations that initially serve small, unprofitable markets, until those markets overtake them entirely.
by Eric Ries
Ries argues most startups fail by building products nobody wants. The solution: treat your business as an experiment, measure validated learning, and pivot before you run out of cash.
Who Peter draws from, and who draws from Peter — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.