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Most new companies improve incrementally on existing products, but Thiel argues that the most valuable and game-changing startups create something new\u2014they move from &#8220;zero to one.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of the best <em>Zero to One<\/em> quotes, along with context and explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-zero-to-one-quotes\"><em>Zero to One<\/em> Quotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thiel&#8217;s book offers a lot of wisdom for business leaders in general and entrepreneurs in particular. The following <em>Zero to One<\/em> quotes highlight some of the key ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>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\u2019t make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won\u2019t create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren\u2019t learning from them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In Thiel\u2019s view,<strong> technology has stagnated today<\/strong>. Much of what companies produce today simply replicates what they produced yesterday or, at best, improves upon it incrementally. This is because it\u2019s easier to replicate existing designs than to create new and fundamentally superior ones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In business, each jump from 0 to 1 happens only once. The next innovator of the same caliber will build something unimagined to this point. Successful people don\u2019t look for formulas or choose from existing options, they \u201crewrite the plan of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The best entrepreneurs know this: every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/qualities-of-a-good-business\/\">great business<\/a> is built around a secret that\u2019s hidden from the outside.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Thiel, today most people tend to assume that all the questions in the world are either insoluble or have already been solved: There are no secrets left; everything is either a mystery or a convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thiel believes that there are still secrets left to be discovered. We haven\u2019t found cures yet for cancer, dementia, or old age. We don\u2019t really even have a good scientific understanding of nutrition. We need new sources of sustainable energy and better means of transportation. 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That said, he also emphasizes the importance of thinking for yourself rather than blindly following or opposing the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Monopoly is the condition of every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-makes-a-business-successful\/\">successful business<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Thiel argues that <strong>monopolies are good for society<\/strong> as well as good for business. When a business has a monopoly (meaning it faces no significant competition in the market where it operates), it has the freedom to consider the welfare of its employees and the broader impact of its products and operations on society because profits are assured. By contrast, competitors locked in a daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/struggle-to-survive\/\">struggle for survival<\/a> have to do everything in their power to minimize expenses and don\u2019t have enough resources left over to consider their impact on their employees or communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Moving first is a tactic, not a goal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Your goal is to build a monopoly that will generate long-term profits by introducing a revolutionary product that no one else can match. Thiel observes that, to do this, <strong>you generally<\/strong> <strong>need to be the first to introduce your product<\/strong>. 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