Mental Model1 book · 4 highlights

Last Mover Wins the Whole Market

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Zero to One by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters — book cover

Zero to One

Peter Thiel, Blake Masters · 4 highlights

  1. "Every entrepreneur should plan to be the last mover in her particular market. That starts with asking yourself: what will the world look like 10 and 20 years from now, and how will my business fit in?"

  2. "José Raúl Capablanca put it well: to succeed, “you must study the endgame before everything else.”"

  1. "Entering a slow-moving market can be a good strategy, but only if you have a definite and realistic plan to take it over."

  2. "Comparing discounted cash flows shows the difference between low-growth businesses and high-growth startups at its starkest. Most of the value of low-growth businesses is in the near term."

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