I also read Zero to One and it is an amazing book, no question about it. But it is also a bit dangerous one, especially if you want to do something yourself.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that many of the greatest companies in this world were started by people just trying stuff, without having this great "leap" idea at the beginning.
For example, Zuckerberg did not want to build an ad machine. Airbnb just wanted to rent out one room. Bezos wanted to sell books. Google wanted to do search differently.
Not really sure how to place OpenAI, but possibly they just went with "let's do some stuff on this LLM." :)
What I am trying to say is that you just need to start something and then something can come out of it and not being paralysed by thinking you need something as amazing as Thiel is suggesting. With hindsight many of the ideas then become 0-1 leaps, but they were probably not intended so at the beginning.
Ah, now I think I need to write about it myself as well! :)
I definitely prefer these shorter entries! I can fit a read in one sitting and let my mind ponder on the topic until the next installment ☺️👍🏼
I also read Zero to One and it is an amazing book, no question about it. But it is also a bit dangerous one, especially if you want to do something yourself.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that many of the greatest companies in this world were started by people just trying stuff, without having this great "leap" idea at the beginning.
For example, Zuckerberg did not want to build an ad machine. Airbnb just wanted to rent out one room. Bezos wanted to sell books. Google wanted to do search differently.
Not really sure how to place OpenAI, but possibly they just went with "let's do some stuff on this LLM." :)
What I am trying to say is that you just need to start something and then something can come out of it and not being paralysed by thinking you need something as amazing as Thiel is suggesting. With hindsight many of the ideas then become 0-1 leaps, but they were probably not intended so at the beginning.
Ah, now I think I need to write about it myself as well! :)