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Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

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Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

By: Reid Hoffman, Chris Yeh
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Foreword by Bill Gates

From the authors of New York Times bestsellers, The Alliance and The Start-up of You, comes a smart and accessible must-have guide for budding entrepreneurs everywhere.

Silicon Valley is renowned for its striking number of businesses which have grown from garage start-ups into global giants; Apple, Cisco, Google, HP and Intel to name a few. But what is the secret to their outstanding success? Hoffman and Yeh explain that it’s simple: they’ve learnt how to blitzscale.

Featuring case studies from numerous prominent tech businesses such as AirBnB and WeChat, this book offers a specific set of practices for catalysing and managing dizzying growth in bourgeoning start-ups. Prioritising speed over efficiency in an environment of uncertainty, Blitzscaling illustrates how businesses can accelerate to the stage in a company’s life cycle where the most value is generated. Using the framework provided by Hoffman and Yeh, readers will learn how to design business models which simultaneously support growth at a furious pace and capture the market, as well as how to navigate the necessary shifts in strategy needed at each level of scale.

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Critic reviews

“The case studies you’re about to explore and the tools you’re about to gain have never been more relevant. This is an ideal moment to be reading this book.”
– Bill Gates

“The book the start-up world has been waiting for. I can’t think of any other that so perfectly captures the specific challenges – and opportunities – that a company faces at every stage of growth. This book shares some of the key secrets for building mission-oriented, global businesses at speed.”
– Brian Chesky, cofounder and CEO, AirBnb

“Blitzscaling shows how companies can build value for customers and shareholders in the digital age. A compelling inside view of how the new economy is being built and is transforming global business.”
– Sheryl Sandberg, New York Times bestselling author of Lean In and Option B

“The secret of Silicon Valley is that it keeps updating the playbook. Each new success – from Google to Facebook to Airbnb and Uber – develops new techniques for world-transforming products. Blitzscaling paints the picture, with key case studies, of what it really takes to build a market-leading company. If you want to learn how to manage growth amid the controlled chaos that has become the new normal for startups and legacy businesses alike, read this book.”
– Eric Schmidt, executive chairman and former CEO, Alphabet

“This is the best book I’ve ever read on how to grow a company rapidly – and when that’s even worth trying in the first place. With a rare combination of fresh insights, vivid cases, and actionable advice, it’s a must-read for entrepreneurs and executives.”
– Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals, Give and Take, and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg

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Brilliant, insightful and full of inspiring content. I love how this book is structured, it’s easy to go and focus on one aspect of blitzscaling depending on where’re your at in your journey. I also love the fact many of these principals can be applied to not for profit organisations. I would argue the value here is greater towards creating support and balance for all humans.

If you’re a regular listener to the Masters of Scale podcast you’ll be familiar with much of this books content however, there is still massive additional value in getting this book as the authors connect dots for you.

Thank you Reid and Chris. This is the book I’ll be giving to everyone this Christmas!

On fire!

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- numerous strategic takeaways to lingering questions I've had

- reid and chris have interesting mental modals of the world

- academic style discourse makes for a substantial read on more philosophical topics

exceptional

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If you're a fan of Reid Hoffman's Masters of Scale podcast, there are some pointers that will sound familiar. I enjoyed it overall and the content is definitely valuable. But if you're looking for a book that will give you tips and tricks that you can start implementing immediately, this is not it - its outlined very clearly in the book as well. It was a pleasant listen and something that I wouldn't mind coming back to again in the future.

Like an extended Masters of Scale

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I think this is one of the best book I have listened to on Entrepreneurship, well done Reid and Chris!

Learnt so much!

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Loved the book and the strategies discussed in it. It is inspiring and thought provoking for an entrepreneur based in a changing Europe/UK. I would love to have both authors on my board to help guide us through the next levels.

Great food for action and thought

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