Reid Hoffman – Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman – Indra Nooyi: How to unlock your team’s creative potential To get the most out of your talent, you need to create an environment that allows them to thrive. Nobody knows this better than Indra Nooyi, who spent 12 years as the CEO of PepsiCo. Her drive to support […]
Reid Hoffman – Compass Founder Robert Reffkin
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman – Robert Reffkin: How setbacks create momentum As dangerous as obstacles and setbacks may appear, they can also present opportunities. Robert Reffkin, founder and CEO of the real estate platform Compass, knows this well. The trick, he says, isn’t to avoid obstacles at all costs but rather to identify […]
Reid Hoffman – Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman – Satya Nadella: Why we need re-founders To achieve massive scale, you don’t just need founders; you also need a re-founder—someone to come in at a later stage to keep the mission and culture on track. As Microsoft’s third CEO ever—after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer—Satya Nadella is doing […]
Reid Hoffman – Birchbox CEO Katia Beauchamp
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman – Katia Beauchamp: The beauty of emphasizing the obvious Unconventional ideas can fuel big dreams, but they also attract naysayers. When Katia Beauchamp, co-founder and CEO of Birchbox, introduced her idea of subscription beauty boxes, she knew this novel business model went against beauty industry norms and was hard […]
Reid Hoffman – Y Combinator’s Michael Seibel
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman – Michael Seibel: Asking the uncomfortable questions The ability to ask the right questions at the right time to the right people is an essential skill for every entrepreneur. For Michael Seibel, managing director at Y Combinator, action sometimes needs to take a back seat to asking, “Is this […]
Reid Hoffman – Teach for All founder Wendy Kopp
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman – Wendy Kopp: Build the right flywheel Wendy Kopp founded two networks that each became flywheels for change: Teach for America and Teach for All, where she’s now CEO. Yet the two networks are surprisingly different. While they both feed similar goals—helping educators find what they need, sharing what […]
Reid Hoffman – Former USA President Barack Obama (Part 1)
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman – President Barack Obama (Part 1) Politics and entrepreneurship have much in common: Both versions of scale leadership require strategic patience, hard work, a clear vision of a better future, an unshakable belief that you can bring that future to life, and the ideal opportunity to make it all […]
Reid Hoffman – Former USA President Barack Obama (Part 2)
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman – President Barack Obama (Part 2) Creating a prototype isn’t the same as leading a team of thousands. You need to keep your mission constant but your tactics fluid as you scale. This is the challenge President Barack Obama faced after winning the 2008 election. In the second part […]
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman – Adi Tatarko: Frustration is your friend
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman – Adi Tatarko: Frustration is your friend Frustration is an important signal: it indicates an opportunity, a problem to be solved, and a path to scale. Adi Tatarko founded the online home-design site Houzz with her husband after their own home renovation turned into a nightmare. By building a […]
Reid Hoffman – Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman – Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban No one knows the fundraising game like Mark Cuban, serial entrepreneur, investor, and star of Shark Tank. For founders, identifying the right source of capital, under the right terms, can provide a thermal updraft. But as Cuban explains, there are always strings attached when […]
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