0 ratings (0.0 avg)
0 reviews

John Chambers

Add friend

John’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (0)

currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (0)

Stats | More…

“EVERY MOMENT IN BUSINESS happens only once. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won’t create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them.”
― Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

16 likes

“First, only invest in companies that have the potential to return the value of the entire fund.”
― Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

18 likes

“If your product requires advertising or salespeople to sell it, it’s not good enough: technology is primarily about product development, not distribution.”
― Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future

56 likes

“you’ve invented something new but you haven’t invented an effective way to sell it, you have a bad business—no matter how good the product.”
― Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

40 likes

“That’s why hiring consultants doesn’t work. Part-time employees don’t work. Even working remotely should be avoided, because misalignment can creep in whenever colleagues aren’t together full-time, in the same place, every day. If you’re deciding whether to bring someone on board, the decision is binary. Ken Kesey was right: you’re either on the bus or off the bus.”
― Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

22 likes

More of John’s quotes…