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The Builders

Leverage, innovation, and zero-to-one thinking.

Key Figures

11 figures in this collection

Naval Ravikant

Naval Ravikant

Entrepreneur & Angel Investor

The Angel Philosopher. Master of leverage, wealth creation, and rational decision-making. Co-founder of AngelList, early investor in Uber, Twitter, and 200+ companies.

LeverageWealth CreationRationalism
Paul Graham

Paul Graham

Founder of Y Combinator

The Hacker Philosopher. Founder of Y Combinator, and architect of modern startup culture. Essays on technology, power, and first principles thinking.

First PrinciplesStartup ThinkingPower Dynamics
Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Founder & CEO of Apple

The Visionary Builder. Co-founder of Apple and Pixar. Mastered the art of simplification, focus, and intersection of technology and humanity.

Design ThinkingInnovationSimplicity
Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel

Founder of Palantir Technologies

The Contrarian Founder. Co-founder of PayPal and Palantir. Master strategist of zero-to-one thinking, competitive advantage, and technological monopoly.

Zero-to-OneStrategyMonopoly
James Clear

James Clear

Author & Systems Designer

The Systems Architect. Author of Atomic Habits. Master of compound progress, behavioral psychology, and incremental improvement as a leverage mechanism.

Habit SystemsCompoundingBehavioral Design
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos

Founder of Amazon

The Long-Term Builder. Founder of Amazon and Blue Origin. Master of compound growth, customer obsession, and playing infinite games.

Compound GrowthCustomer ObsessionLong-Term Thinking
Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Founder & CEO of Tesla and SpaceX

The First Principles Warrior. Co-founder of PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX. Master of constraint-driven innovation and ruthless execution at scale.

First PrinciplesConstraint-Driven DesignScale
Marc Andreessen

Marc Andreessen

Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz

The Web Pioneer. Co-founder of Mosaic and Netscape. Builder of venture capital as a model. Master of identifying technological waves and capital allocation.

Technological InnovationCapital AllocationMarket Selection
Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers

Philosopher & Entrepreneur

Author of “Useful Not True”, “How to Live”, “Hell Yeah or No”. Former musician, circus performer, entrepreneur, and speaker.

Unconventional ThinkingBusiness DesignPurpose
Patrick Collison

Patrick Collison

Co-founder & CEO of Stripe

The Execution Master. Co-founder and CEO of Stripe. Young founder who moved fast, solved real problems, and built $95B+ company through relentless execution.

ExecutionProblem-SolvingCompounding
Frank Slootman

Frank Slootman

CEO of Snowflake

The Hypergrowth CEO. Master of scaling companies. Led Data Domain, ServiceNow, and Snowflake through IPOs with ruthless focus on execution and intensity.

HypergrowthExecution IntensityScaling