Zero to One

by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters · 2014

Peter Thiel and Blake Masters' startup book on monopoly, contrarian thinking, and building new technology companies.

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Peter Thiel · Founder-investor

Blake Masters · Co-author

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Peter ThielFounder-investor

PayPal and Palantir co-founder, Founders Fund investor, and author of Zero to One.

Blake MastersCo-author

Co-author with Peter Thiel of Zero to One.

Recommended by, documented so far

Zero to One appears in 1 currently documented source-backed recommendation.

Sam Altman CEO, OpenAI; former head, Y Combinator

Recommended HN transcript of Twitter AMA answer comment

Documented citation: A Hacker News commenter transcribed Altman's Twitter AMA answer to a question about the best books he recommends for a young startup founder and listed Zero to One.

Documented citation Recommended comment Sam Altman AMA transcript comment on recommended books for young startup founders

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Hacker News / Algolia API · 2015-10-21 · accessed 2026-06-22

A Hacker News commenter transcribed Altman answering a Twitter AMA question about the best books he recommends for a young startup founder; Altman later confirmed the disputed Art of War in the Middle Ages title in the same thread.

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Recommended · HN transcript of Twitter AMA answer · comment Source 2015-10-21

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