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voodoo_dexter's review against another edition
5.0
A dense book with immense facts and figures. This book serves the purpose of a collection of different case studies of various startup companies. The authors discuss various aspects of building a business and making sure it flourishes. Such dense books are good for brainstorming about economical aspects as well as the moral aspects of a business.
beckka17's review against another edition
3.0
Acquired some valuable quotes and guidelines to follow to when creating a long-lasting monopoly of a company although I think it could have been condensed to a decent sized blog post. Felt like it was filled with a ton of unnecessary word fluff in order to ‘inspire’ the reader… even though I’m fairly certain that whoever picked up this book already has the desire to accomplish something grand of the sort.
Peter Thiel is a master of his own craft, lover of Elon Musk, and yet a mediocre writer. I will put this book along with the other business self-help books written by powerful white men who write to mostly talk about themselves without actually getting to the point.
Peter Thiel is a master of his own craft, lover of Elon Musk, and yet a mediocre writer. I will put this book along with the other business self-help books written by powerful white men who write to mostly talk about themselves without actually getting to the point.
lornbr's review against another edition
3.0
Nice book, but the narrator of the Audible Version its not a good...narrator/actor I guess, his tone of voice give me sleepy.
The content is a lot of good story about start-up start-up companies, some behind scenes stories from Paypal do Palantir I will probably re-read this book if, who knows, I get lucky launching something.
The content is a lot of good story about start-up start-up companies, some behind scenes stories from Paypal do Palantir I will probably re-read this book if, who knows, I get lucky launching something.
glenjbowen's review against another edition
4.0
Progressive approach of building up to something of worth and value from nothing. Pleasant read.
jplatzer's review against another edition
5.0
Listened to the audiobook. Narrator Blake Masters did a great job and it was interesting to learn about venture capitalist Peter Thiel and the concept of zero to one (i.e. making large jumps in logic or method to attain success rather than using an iterative incremental process).
mgcarafa's review against another edition
2.0
While the material was interesting and insightful, Thiel cintinuously makes sweeping generalizations that apply to very select few businesses, including his own. Had this book been framed more towards "How Some Startups Exceed All Expectations" rather than "How to Build a Startup" it would have lent itself much better to the conclusions he draws.
Thiel seems to believe that the ONLY way to succeed is to be the very best at one new thing. He often states that you should have one successful vision for your business, and is highly against incremental change, a lean business model, or pivoting. But what if your original vision isn't massively successful? His answer to this question is essentially, "well just make sure your business model is successful in the first place." Yes, his two businesses were wildly successful, but he seems to have minimal minimal insight on a business that does not have a successful vision from the start and needs to think lean.
His advice and ideas are more applicable as a reflection on wildly successful companies rather than advice to build just any thriving business.
Thiel seems to believe that the ONLY way to succeed is to be the very best at one new thing. He often states that you should have one successful vision for your business, and is highly against incremental change, a lean business model, or pivoting. But what if your original vision isn't massively successful? His answer to this question is essentially, "well just make sure your business model is successful in the first place." Yes, his two businesses were wildly successful, but he seems to have minimal minimal insight on a business that does not have a successful vision from the start and needs to think lean.
His advice and ideas are more applicable as a reflection on wildly successful companies rather than advice to build just any thriving business.