Creativity plays a crucial role in 'zero to one' businesses. It is the driving force behind identifying unmet needs in the world and creating innovative solutions to address them. These businesses do not merely improve upon existing technologies or bring them to new markets, but rather, they invent new technologies to meet these needs. This process requires a high level of creativity and innovation. Therefore, creativity is not just important, but essential in 'zero to one' businesses.

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's underlying thesis is that societal good and monetary value are created by ventures that go from "zero to one" rather than from "one to n." Going from "one to n" implies that you only incrementally improve upon or bring to new markets an existing technology. More valuable, however, are the businesses that can identify an unmet need in the world and create a solution through new technology to address it. These companies are worthy of every dollar they earn. And, we need not fear those so-called monopolies. They deliver real value to consumers and can always be challenged by new companies that in turn improve upon them.

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Zero to One

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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