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Notes on "Zero to One" by Peter Thiel

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Last Mover Advantage

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  • You need to generate profits. A company will only be as good as its profits in the future.
  • What does a monopoly with a substantial cash flow looks like? It may have two or more of this properties:

  1. Proprietary Technology [that's impossible to copy]
  2. Network effects
  3. Economies of scale 
  4. Branding

  • Choose a market and gradually scale up.
  • If you think that your chosen market is too big, you're almost always right. 
  • Avoid "disrupting" existing industries. It is always better to develop a new market
  • Be the "last mover". Remember that you're not in competition.