Ryan Petersen is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flexport, the platform for global logistics.
Elon Musk: “Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.”
Mark Zuckerberg: “This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.”
Marc Andreessen: "Zero to One is the first book any working or aspiring entrepreneur must read—period."
Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "So much of investing is herd behavior, this will have you thinking different than the crowd."
Ben Horowitz: "Zero To One is a great book. I learned a lot reading it."
One of Max Levchin's answers to 'What's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?'
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Ryan Petersen: "[One of the books in my] business book canon"
Bryan Johnson: "A must read."
Luis von Ahn: "I like Peter Thiel’s book, 'Zero to One'"
One of five business books Chris Dixon recommended on Twitter.
MrBeast recommended 'Zero to One'.
This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.
Warren Buffett: "This book is something of a publishing miracle—never advertised, yet year after year selling many thousands of copies from its Internet site."
Shane Parrish: "Because I have an MBA a lot of people inevitably ask me if they should pursue one.
If it’s knowledge and not credentials you’re after, save your money and read [this book]"
Marc Andreessen: "Tremendous"
Naval Ravikant recommended Poor Charlie's Almanack on Twitter.
Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.
Ryan Petersen: "[One of] the best books for business people."
Tim Ferriss mentioned reading Poor Charlie's Almanack on Twitter.
Shane Parrish: "This book changed how I see the world."
Naval Ravikant: "Good books are worth re-reading. Great books are worth re-buying."
Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book will have you asking yourself many provocative and useful questions"
Tobi Lutke: "Shopify is practically built on that book"
Michael Saylor recommended Antifragile on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com
Ryan Petersen: "[One of] the best books for business people."
Patrick Collison: "Correctly places enormous value on execution and on culture. However, I think this sometimes leads to insufficient importance being placed on strategy.
Hamilton Helmer's deeply incisive work will hopefully help correct that"
At Spotify the 7 Powers are widely used as we discuss new initiatives.
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Ryan Petersen: "[One of the books in my] business book canon"
Tobi Lutke: "I’m a big fan of the book."
Satya Nadella's management worldview is deeply influenced by Stanford professor Carol Dweck’s book Mindset.
Tony Robbins mentioned this book on 'The Tim Ferriss Show' podcast.
Bill Gates: "Revisiting Carol Dweck’s fascinating work on the growth mindset."
Ryan Petersen: "[One of] the best books for business people."
Shane Parrish: "I call Naval the Angel Philosopher, and the Almanack shows why.
Anthony Pompliano: "Highly suggest others grab a copy"
Ryan Petersen: "[One of] the best books for business people."
Naval Ravikant shared this book on Twitter.
Tim Ferriss wrote the foreword to 'The Almanack of Naval Ravikant'.
Peter Thiel: "This is the clearest, most accessible introduction to René Girard available."
Chamath Palihapitiya: "Superb book. Very easy to read, very accessible... One of the most useful mental models that I have"
Andrew Wilkinson: "One of the most impactful books I’ve read lately"
Ryan Petersen: "Wanting is a great book"
Garry Tan: "Learn about René Girard’s theory of mimetic desire and how we can use it in our lives as founders."
Warren Buffett: "I read the first edition of this book early in 1950, when I was nineteen.
I thought then that it was by far the best book about investing ever written. I still think it is."
One of the books Bill Ackman asked his newly-hired analyst to read before joining Pershing Square.
Included on Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books he sent to JP Morgan summer interns in 2010.
Ryan Petersen: "[One of the books in my] business book canon"
One of Max Levchin's answers to 'What's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?'
Raoul Pal recommended 'The Ascent of Money' on Twitter.
Ryan Petersen: "Great"
Kevin Systrom: "It is a book about basically manufacturing and supply chain management. It sounds really boring, but I promise you it’s really good."
Ryan Petersen: "The most important business book ever written."
Included on Jeff Bezos' list of books that Amazon employees refer to as “Jeff’s Reading List.”
Ryan Petersen: "[One of] the best books for business people"
Andrew Wilkinson: "Great book"