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    Zero to One  By Peter Thiel, with Blake Masters        Preview    Who will be the next Bill Gates? Which Company will he or she build? Will the next big thing be an OS, a social network, or a search engine? Theil asserts that the future Titans of the industry would create something entirely new, and not copy existing ideas. 'Zero to One' is therefore about why to build companies that create new things.     About the Authors    Peter Thiel is an American businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and author of Zero to One, who co-founded PayPal and who was the first professional investor in Facebook. He has invested in several start-ups and is also the co-founder of Palantir, the data analytics company, focusing on security threats and financial crimes. Blake Masters is a J.D from Stanford Law school and a former student of Thiel. He currently serves as a Principal at Thiel Capital.    The Big idea:...

  Blitzscaling    Author: Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh Preview:   How did Companies like Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc., become so big? Starting modestly, all these companies followed an ultimately successful strategy of achieving massive scale in double quick time. Successful scale-up in a short period helped these organizations to become dominant market leaders. This is a book which explains when companies should adopt a " blitzscaling " about the approach and how to successfully tackle the problems that come with it.   About the Author (s)   Reid Hoffman is an investor, entrepreneur, and author. He was the co-founder of LinkedIn and PayPal and is currently a partner at Greylock Partners, a venture capital firm. Along with authoring a couple of other books, he also hosts a popular podcast  Masters of Scale . Chris Yeh is an MBA from Harvard University and an angel investor. He also co-authored  The Alliance,  with Reid Hoffman.   ...