Zero to One : Notes on Startup
Peter Theil, a technocrat, figures as one of the lead mentors in Silicon Valley for entrepreneurship. He has also taught at Stanford. Zero to One : Notes on start-ups or how to build the future is a book which he has written along with Blake Masters, published by Penguin Random House in 2014. The book is presented in 14 chapters ranging from compilation of experiences on start-up, culture, entrepreneurship and business world, has a cult following. in this book, he tried to work on some of the concepts for new age business world and suggested new age founders. He writes that this book is about how to build companies that create new things. Technology is miraculous because it allows us to do more with less, ratcheting fundamental capabilities to a higher level. He explains why it is easier to start a new technology in start-ups as he says it’s hard to develop new things in big organisations, and it’s even harder to do it by yourself. Bureaucratic hierarchy is more slowly...