Episode 108 - The Startup Playbook: Connecting Ries, Thiel, and Horowitz

This thematic deep dive assembles a powerful "startup playbook" by connecting the ideas of three essential Silicon Valley thinkers. We explore how Eric Ries's The Lean Startup provides the day-to-day methodology for building and testing a new product. We then connect this to Peter Thiel's Zero to One, which provides the high-level strategic goal: to create something entirely new and build a creative monopoly. Finally, we integrate the wisdom of Ben Horowitz's The Hard Thing About Hard Things, which provides the brutally honest psychological and leadership advice needed to survive the inevitable "struggle" of building a company.