It's also worth noting that 0->1 makes claims about the sort of vision that founders have that are directly at odds with all accounts (including his own) of how

It's also worth noting that 0->1 makes claims about the sort of vision that founders have that are directly at odds with all accounts (including his own) of how Thiel's own successes actually occurred. Not slightly misaligned, but directly 100% contradictory. It's not a terrible book; it's mediocre. It's a mix of the obvious (perfect competition destroys profit), the confusingly expressed (the bit on secrets sounds "deep" until you realize he's expressing something obvious using confusing language), and noise. If somebody wants to read a good new business book, I'd recommend Creativity Inc, How Google Works, and The Hard Thing about Hard Things long before I'd recommend 0->1.