Reid Hoffman

The pithy way of saying what blitzscaling is about is it's prioritizing speed over efficiency in an environment of uncertainty. And to unpack that a little bit, it's that when you're playing games where we call in the book Glengarry Glen Ross games, which is first prize is a Cadillac, second prize is steak knives, and third prize you're fired, you have to have speed. And speed to scale.

And so one of the things, I mean, there was a whole stack. Again, we could take this entire podcast, things I learned from Social Net, things I learned from PayPal, things I learned, you know, like just each one of them. But part of the thing was basically I kind of adopted there, which I wish I'd had at Social Net.

And so one of the things, I mean, there was a whole stack. Again, we could take this entire podcast, things I learned from Social Net, things I learned from PayPal, things I learned, you know, like just each one of them. But part of the thing was basically I kind of adopted there, which I wish I'd had at Social Net.

And so one of the things, I mean, there was a whole stack. Again, we could take this entire podcast, things I learned from Social Net, things I learned from PayPal, things I learned, you know, like just each one of them. But part of the thing was basically I kind of adopted there, which I wish I'd had at Social Net.

And so one of the things, I mean, there was a whole stack. Again, we could take this entire podcast, things I learned from Social Net, things I learned from PayPal, things I learned, you know, like just each one of them. But part of the thing was basically I kind of adopted there, which I wish I'd had at Social Net.

And so one of the things, I mean, there was a whole stack. Again, we could take this entire podcast, things I learned from Social Net, things I learned from PayPal, things I learned, you know, like just each one of them. But part of the thing was basically I kind of adopted there, which I wish I'd had at Social Net.

And this is one of the things that Silicon Valley has learned more intensely than anywhere in the world other than maybe China. China is one of the few areas where I've also learned blitzscaling games. And it's one of the reasons why when you look at Silicon Valley for the tech industry, the whole population of Silicon Valley Bay Area is like three and a half million. That's like Ireland.

And this is one of the things that Silicon Valley has learned more intensely than anywhere in the world other than maybe China. China is one of the few areas where I've also learned blitzscaling games. And it's one of the reasons why when you look at Silicon Valley for the tech industry, the whole population of Silicon Valley Bay Area is like three and a half million. That's like Ireland.

And this is one of the things that Silicon Valley has learned more intensely than anywhere in the world other than maybe China. China is one of the few areas where I've also learned blitzscaling games. And it's one of the reasons why when you look at Silicon Valley for the tech industry, the whole population of Silicon Valley Bay Area is like three and a half million. That's like Ireland.

And this is one of the things that Silicon Valley has learned more intensely than anywhere in the world other than maybe China. China is one of the few areas where I've also learned blitzscaling games. And it's one of the reasons why when you look at Silicon Valley for the tech industry, the whole population of Silicon Valley Bay Area is like three and a half million. That's like Ireland.

And this is one of the things that Silicon Valley has learned more intensely than anywhere in the world other than maybe China. China is one of the few areas where I've also learned blitzscaling games. And it's one of the reasons why when you look at Silicon Valley for the tech industry, the whole population of Silicon Valley Bay Area is like three and a half million. That's like Ireland.

this decisioning mode where when I'm confronted with a decision, I say, can I make this decision right now? If I can make the decision right now, and by the way, usual answer is, what decision would I make? I would decide X, not Y. Is there anything that I could learn by researching, talking to people, etc., that would change from X to Y? What's the cost and time to do that?

this decisioning mode where when I'm confronted with a decision, I say, can I make this decision right now? If I can make the decision right now, and by the way, usual answer is, what decision would I make? I would decide X, not Y. Is there anything that I could learn by researching, talking to people, etc., that would change from X to Y? What's the cost and time to do that?

this decisioning mode where when I'm confronted with a decision, I say, can I make this decision right now? If I can make the decision right now, and by the way, usual answer is, what decision would I make? I would decide X, not Y. Is there anything that I could learn by researching, talking to people, etc., that would change from X to Y? What's the cost and time to do that?

this decisioning mode where when I'm confronted with a decision, I say, can I make this decision right now? If I can make the decision right now, and by the way, usual answer is, what decision would I make? I would decide X, not Y. Is there anything that I could learn by researching, talking to people, etc., that would change from X to Y? What's the cost and time to do that?

this decisioning mode where when I'm confronted with a decision, I say, can I make this decision right now? If I can make the decision right now, and by the way, usual answer is, what decision would I make? I would decide X, not Y. Is there anything that I could learn by researching, talking to people, etc., that would change from X to Y? What's the cost and time to do that?

And yet, the number of global tech companies that come out of Silicon Valley versus anywhere else in the world, and to some degree, including China, because we're talking global here, although, you know, there's obviously ByteDance and TikTok and so forth, is just enormous. And why is that? And the answer is because

And yet, the number of global tech companies that come out of Silicon Valley versus anywhere else in the world, and to some degree, including China, because we're talking global here, although, you know, there's obviously ByteDance and TikTok and so forth, is just enormous. And why is that? And the answer is because

And yet, the number of global tech companies that come out of Silicon Valley versus anywhere else in the world, and to some degree, including China, because we're talking global here, although, you know, there's obviously ByteDance and TikTok and so forth, is just enormous. And why is that? And the answer is because

And yet, the number of global tech companies that come out of Silicon Valley versus anywhere else in the world, and to some degree, including China, because we're talking global here, although, you know, there's obviously ByteDance and TikTok and so forth, is just enormous. And why is that? And the answer is because