The Builders
Leverage, innovation, and zero-to-one thinking.
Key Figures
11 figures in this collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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