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About the Author With Instaread Summaries, you can get the summary of a book in 30 minutes or less. How companies can engineer radical changes to create and grow remarkable businesses that shape. In terms of the world's future, technology matters more than globalization. An inside look at Peter Thiels philosophy and business strategy.

Technology, the new and better way of doing something, is another word for vertical progress. Peter Thiel, the author, says that mindsets come first because there is no guide to being a successful entrepreneur, but the mindsets will always apply. Zero to One is a book on the mindsets of disruptive entrepreneurship. Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and the first outside investor in Facebook, argues that technology has stagnated. Vertical progress comes from doing new things that have not been done before. Zero to One: Summary & Review (Peter Thiel) By Lucio Buffalmano / 15 minutes of reading. Zero to One is entrepreneur and venture capitalist Peter Thiel’s unconventional advice for technology startups. Another word for horizontal progress is globalization, the act of taking a product and integrating it world wide. Horizontal progress means more of what is currently working. Horizontal and vertical are the two kinds of progress. Like The best entrepreneurs know this: every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside. Inside this Instaread Summary: Overview of the entire book Introduction to the important people in the book Summary and analysis of all the chapters in the book Key Takeaways of the book A Reader's Perspective Preview of this summary: Chapter 1 Progress is the goal of the future. Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future. Zero to One by Peter Thiel - A 20-minute Instaread Summary PLEASE NOTE This is a summary of the book and NOT the original book.