Books like Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

If you liked Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Lean Startup

    Eric Ries · 2011

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction, startups.

    Ries lays out Build-Measure-Learn, MVPs, pivots and validated learning for building companies under extreme uncertainty.

  2. Steve Jobs

    Walter Isaacson · 2011

    Because shares tags: business, technology, nonfiction.

    Walter Isaacson's authorized Steve Jobs: forty interviews covering the garage, the 1985 ouster, Pixar, and the return that made the iPhone.

  3. Think and Grow Rich

    Napoleon Hill · 1937

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, business.

    Hill teaches desire, faith and autosuggestion, distilling lessons from Carnegie interviews into thirteen principles for success.

  4. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

    Ashlee Vance · 2015

    Because shares tags: business, technology.

    Ashlee Vance traces Elon Musk from a rough Pretoria childhood through PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX.

  5. Who Moved My Cheese?

    Spencer Johnson · 1998

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    A tiny parable about two mice and two little people hunting cheese in a maze, and why adapting to change beats waiting for old days to…

  6. The Power of Habit

    Charles Duhigg · 2012

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    Why we do what we do: the cue routine reward loop, keystone habits, and how companies and movements use the same science, from toothpaste…

  7. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

    Malcolm Gladwell · 2000

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    How tiny shifts push ideas and products past a tipping point into epidemics.

  8. Rich Dad Poor Dad

    Robert T. Kiyosaki · 1997

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    Kiyosaki contrasts his poor dad and rich dad to teach assets, liabilities and minding your business.

  9. Outliers: The Story of Success

    Malcolm Gladwell · 2008

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    Success comes from practice, timing, and hidden chances more than talent alone.

  10. How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie · 1936

    Because shares tags: business, nonfiction.

    Carnegie's 1936 guide to getting along offers plain habits for listening, praise, and persuasion. This summary walks through its parts,…

  11. Freakonomics

    Steven D. Levitt · 2005

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, economics.

    Levitt asks why cheating teachers, sumo wrestlers and crime drops share incentives.

  12. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

    Cal Newport · 2016

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, business.

    Cal Newport's Deep Work in full: what focused work actually is, why shallow busyness wins by default, and the four philosophies he…

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