The following is a summary of Zero to One: Notes on Startups or How to Build the Future. I do not claim to own any of the book's original work, the following is simply a bulleted summarization with a few direct quotes. All copyrights and trademarks belong to their respective owners. Chapter 4 - The Ideology of Competition:

• “Creative Monopoly means new products that benefit everybody and sustainable profits for the creator”
• “Competition means no profits for anybody, no meaningful differentiation, and a struggle for survival”
• Competition distorts our thinking (it is what society believes, but it is bad)
  • The more we compete the less we gain
• In the business world, companies compete because they are mostly the same
  • The hazards of imitative competition are avoidable by doing thinking for yourself
• “If you cannot beat the competition, it may be better to merge”
  • Smarter to have no competition, etc.

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