'Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future' by Peter Thiel

Back in the early 2000s, when Musk was running the payments startup X.com, he was in direct competition with PayPal, cofounded by Peter Thiel, a man who's now a billionaire investor.

So when Thiel came out with his book of startup philosophy, Musk naturally endorsed it.

"Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and 'Zero to One' shows how," he says.

The book is full of Thiel's combative insights — like that Silicon Valley's obsession with disruption is totally misguided.

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