Mental Model1 book · 4 highlights
Last Mover Wins the Whole Market
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Zero to One
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters · 4 highlights
"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?"
"José Raúl Capablanca put it well: to succeed, “you must study the endgame before everything else.”"
"Entering a slow-moving market can be a good strategy, but only if you have a definite and realistic plan to take it over."
"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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