In the book, by Reid Hoffman, one of the founders of LinkedIn, and Chris Yeh, the authors reveal the secret to starting and scaling massively valuable companies. The secret is blitzscaling: a set of techniques for scaling up at a dizzying pace that blows competitors out of the water. They explain how to navigate the necessary transitions and overcome the unique challenges at each stage of the company’s life cycle. Such as: designing business models, maintaining continuous growth; Recruitment and management strategies, and more.
Yariv Hasar, a community member, published a recommendation for the book:
“A very nice book I just finished (fashionably late…) is Blitzscaling, published in 2018, and written by the founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman. Highly recommended.”
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“A very nice book I just finished (fashionably late…)published in 2018 […] By chance, I also just got my new car, a fully electric one, which made me think of similarities between car and business.”
Speed and uncertainty are the new stability of the world […] A fundamental concept you have to believe in is that the future can and should be better than the past, so it is worth taking the discomfort of change to get there as quickly as possible. […] Rapid and accelerated growth is something all are striving for, but what makes the idea behind the book genuine is that in order to “really” achieve this quick growth you need to take a hit in terms of efficiency, or else it is just “normal” “growth. Notice however that losing efficiency means significant risk to the overall organization.
[…] Acceleration takes its toll, in stability, in comfort, and in control […] you need to consider the risks of harnessing it, versus a “normal” pace.
How to achieve this significant pace? […] innovation in either of the three: business model, strategy, and/or management. And the book suggests thoroughly how it can be done in each.”
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