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

by Reid Hoffman (Goodreads Author)

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Isn't it better to grow sustainably and to have a firm foundation before trying to go from zero to one billion overnight? I mean, I look at the pathetic failures that are Reed Krakoff, Zac Posen, and Isaac Mizrahi, all of whom received tons of investor money and tons of media support, yet couldn't make it in luxury fashion. What works in technology really doesn't translate to more traditional industries, right?

Giorgio Giuliani Well in many cases you are right. The problem is that in some type of markets, just growing organically is not enough to succeed because you will find…moreWell in many cases you are right. The problem is that in some type of markets, just growing organically is not enough to succeed because you will find some super fast competitor that will capture huge market shares and then capitalize on that success.
In the Internet space, many industries are actually winner take all markets, thus this blitzscalinb approach may have sense. Anyway this is not a silver bullet that works in any case. (less)

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