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Books Read This Month: February ‘23
Building startups and using the Third Door
Short month but no shortage of reading, especially with a 5 day vacation I was able to get a couple in.
Reading at least 1–2 books a month for $10–20 lets you learn from decades of experiences, both mundane and life-changing. By utilizing this knowledge you can apply it to your own life and journey, so it would be very wise to get on it.
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is a billionaire venture capitalist bet known for being one of the cofounders of PayPal, and the first outside investor into Facebook. The main argument of this book is that when you are considering starting a business, do so in a way that takes the number of businesses in your niche from 0 to 1, instead of 1 to n (where n is any other number of similar and competitive businesses).
In this fashion, you can have a monopoly on your market and provide a valuable service over time. For example, Google was the first company to create a monopoly on searching the internet. Of course, if you are going to be the main player in a space then you have a responsibility to provide a both valuable and ethical service.
Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book:
- “In business, equilibrium means stasis, and…