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The book 'Zero to One' by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters emphasizes the importance of creating something truly unique, going from 'zero to one' rather than 'one to n'. This concept has influenced corporate strategies and business models within the cleantech industry by encouraging companies to focus on innovation and uniqueness. Instead of following the crowd and improving on existing technologies (going from 'one to n'), companies are encouraged to create new, groundbreaking technologies (going from 'zero to one'). This approach can potentially revolutionize the industry and overcome the challenges faced by cleantech startups.
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In the early 2000s, much hope was put behind the potential of "green" technology, or "cleantech," to revolutionize the use of and replenishment of natural resources. Slowly but surely, however, over the next decade or so, momentum began to slow and then to crawl, as countless cleantech startups folded. For some, this was the failure of cleantech. It seemed that the market was impenetrable. Big business and big government were blamed as too strong, consumers too, entrenched in their habits, were faulted. To some it seemed that perhaps the technology to overcome these challenges was too confounding.
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Learn from tech superstar Peter Thiel (PayPal, Palantir) and his protégé Blake Masters why the only opportunities really worth pursuing are those that...
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