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Blitzscaling
- The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
- Narrated by: Chris Yeh
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
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.
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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- Andrew Kendal
- 02-03-20
a book for the times
This was an amazing book that I can't recommend enough. I would say it's required reading for anyone in a fast growing company, looking to build a team or transition into the new economy.
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- Kim
- 19-01-22
exceptional
- 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
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- Matt Bazeley
- 13-05-19
Entrepreneurs must read
A detailed look at a fast growing trend in the tech world. Applicable to several industries and a model I plan to implement myself. I’ll be keeping this close to hand.
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- Nilema.
- 27-09-19
Awesome, thought provoking and inspiring.
Enjoyed this book, provoked me to think differently, take a different path and challenge conventional thinking.
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- Richard Stowey
- 15-02-19
Very Enjoyable and Informative
This book really goes into a lot of detail around how to scale for growth quickly and effectively in the digital age. a good use of examples and a good pace to it.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-01-19
Excellent Listen. Really enjoyed the entire book
Excellent Listen. Really enjoyed the entire book. Thankyou reid Hoffman for this incredible body of work
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- Lee
- 28-10-20
Great!
A perfect book if you're looking for inspiration and to think big! A compelling listen and fantastically well narrated.
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- Steven Kainth
- 08-11-18
On fire!
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!
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- Tom
- 18-10-18
Useful but not super practical
Hearing about other's success is always motivating and there were a few good explanations about how companies managed to scale but the deep diving into methodologies used was missing. This felt more like a consistent introduction to blitzscaling rather than a step by step of how to implement.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-07-19
Best book on scaling!!
Best book by far on scaling. Lots of valuable lessons. A must read for anyone looking to grow their business fast.
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