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Reid Hoffman

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Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Well, first mover to scale gives you all kinds of advantage. It doesn't actually necessarily need to be first mover out of the gate. But the first mover to scale part of blitzscaling is really critical. Now, sometimes, by the way, the way that you become first mover to scale is you're the first mover out the gate because you just keep going.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Another way is the culture deck for Reed Hastings, which actually just started as when they were looking at the attrition of like, why are people leaving? It was like, well, they didn't understand our culture when they got here. So let's first create a culture deck to onboard them. And then, shit, we should publish it, right? Because don't come here if you're looking for a family.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Another way is the culture deck for Reed Hastings, which actually just started as when they were looking at the attrition of like, why are people leaving? It was like, well, they didn't understand our culture when they got here. So let's first create a culture deck to onboard them. And then, shit, we should publish it, right? Because don't come here if you're looking for a family.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Another way is the culture deck for Reed Hastings, which actually just started as when they were looking at the attrition of like, why are people leaving? It was like, well, they didn't understand our culture when they got here. So let's first create a culture deck to onboard them. And then, shit, we should publish it, right? Because don't come here if you're looking for a family.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Another way is the culture deck for Reed Hastings, which actually just started as when they were looking at the attrition of like, why are people leaving? It was like, well, they didn't understand our culture when they got here. So let's first create a culture deck to onboard them. And then, shit, we should publish it, right? Because don't come here if you're looking for a family.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Another way is the culture deck for Reed Hastings, which actually just started as when they were looking at the attrition of like, why are people leaving? It was like, well, they didn't understand our culture when they got here. So let's first create a culture deck to onboard them. And then, shit, we should publish it, right? Because don't come here if you're looking for a family.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

But that kind of getting the scale can have all kinds of advantages. One is capital markets reward you versus whoever's in second place as part of the Cadillac and steak knives. Employees more want to work there. But when customers or members, if it's a consumer internet thing, think, well, what's the one that everyone's talking about? It's the one that's the first to scale, right?

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

But that kind of getting the scale can have all kinds of advantages. One is capital markets reward you versus whoever's in second place as part of the Cadillac and steak knives. Employees more want to work there. But when customers or members, if it's a consumer internet thing, think, well, what's the one that everyone's talking about? It's the one that's the first to scale, right?

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

But that kind of getting the scale can have all kinds of advantages. One is capital markets reward you versus whoever's in second place as part of the Cadillac and steak knives. Employees more want to work there. But when customers or members, if it's a consumer internet thing, think, well, what's the one that everyone's talking about? It's the one that's the first to scale, right?

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

But that kind of getting the scale can have all kinds of advantages. One is capital markets reward you versus whoever's in second place as part of the Cadillac and steak knives. Employees more want to work there. But when customers or members, if it's a consumer internet thing, think, well, what's the one that everyone's talking about? It's the one that's the first to scale, right?

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

But that kind of getting the scale can have all kinds of advantages. One is capital markets reward you versus whoever's in second place as part of the Cadillac and steak knives. Employees more want to work there. But when customers or members, if it's a consumer internet thing, think, well, what's the one that everyone's talking about? It's the one that's the first to scale, right?

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Go to other companies. If you're looking for a team, like a professional sports team, come here. Because our culture is we ask ourselves the question every quarter, every year, if you wouldn't hire this person right now, give them a severance package, go hire somebody else. And so you create these cultural moments.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Go to other companies. If you're looking for a team, like a professional sports team, come here. Because our culture is we ask ourselves the question every quarter, every year, if you wouldn't hire this person right now, give them a severance package, go hire somebody else. And so you create these cultural moments.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Go to other companies. If you're looking for a team, like a professional sports team, come here. Because our culture is we ask ourselves the question every quarter, every year, if you wouldn't hire this person right now, give them a severance package, go hire somebody else. And so you create these cultural moments.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Go to other companies. If you're looking for a team, like a professional sports team, come here. Because our culture is we ask ourselves the question every quarter, every year, if you wouldn't hire this person right now, give them a severance package, go hire somebody else. And so you create these cultural moments.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Go to other companies. If you're looking for a team, like a professional sports team, come here. Because our culture is we ask ourselves the question every quarter, every year, if you wouldn't hire this person right now, give them a severance package, go hire somebody else. And so you create these cultural moments.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

And these are all the different tool sets that you create for your particular business, your particular founders, management team, product market fit, competition landscape, et cetera, because it's not one culture, one size fits all. But being intentional is very important.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

And these are all the different tool sets that you create for your particular business, your particular founders, management team, product market fit, competition landscape, et cetera, because it's not one culture, one size fits all. But being intentional is very important.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

And these are all the different tool sets that you create for your particular business, your particular founders, management team, product market fit, competition landscape, et cetera, because it's not one culture, one size fits all. But being intentional is very important.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

And these are all the different tool sets that you create for your particular business, your particular founders, management team, product market fit, competition landscape, et cetera, because it's not one culture, one size fits all. But being intentional is very important.