Masters of Scale
by Reid Hoffman with June Cohen and Deron Triff
Lessons from the podcast: do things that do not scale, embrace rejection, learn from bad ideas, culture as a product, pivot, with stories from Airbnb, Spanx, Canva and others. Light and anecdotal.
Read it if…
you want startup lessons in podcast form on paper.
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Skip it if…
you want depth; see Blitzscaling.
Try instead: The Four Steps to the Epiphany →
Three things you will actually use
- Handcraft first; scale later.
- Rejection is data.
- Culture is designed.
Do this first
Read the chapter on 'do things that don't scale'.
Our verdict
The podcast, on paper.
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