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The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career
Reid Hoffman • 2 highlights
amazon.com
As chief of staff, I reviewed thousands of requests for Reid’s time/attention/money. It was stunning how few requesters actually offered to help him on something. Amusingly, many requests were framed as if the asking party were doing Reid a favor by giving him the opportunity to... See more
Ben Casnocha • 10,000 Hours With Reid Hoffman: What I Learned
How the Greatest Entrepreneurs Hire (h/t David Senra)
Steve Jobs stated that each new hire became a percentage of the company, so why wouldn’t you take the time to find all A-players?
David Ogilvy, as an already established businessman, would see advertisements that he liked and then cold call the person who made the ad — this is how he sourced his t
Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
amazon.com
true for all of us: Our network will equal our net worth.
Gene Stone • Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends
Ev Williams (founder of Twitter, Blogger, and Medium) when asked who inspires him:
“When I think about a commonality of companies and leaders I admire, it is those who—whether they have a bunch of resources or not—come from a position of confidence and an abundance mindset.”
When he got to Google, the thing that most struck him was how big they tho
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