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Creating value is not enough, you also need to capture the value you create

June 17, 2026

Last updated: June 20, 2026


What valuable company is nobody building?

This question is harder than it looks, because your company could create a lot of value without becoming very valuable itself.Creating value is not enough--you also need to capture some of the value you create.

Source: Zero to One book

The question now is: does this also work with people? Creating value is not enough, you also need to capture the value you create? I believe so.