“Blitzscaling is prioritizing speed over efficiency in an environment of uncertainty — because you might not have a 'later on' if you take too long.”
Why Reid is the canonical The Scaler
Co-founder of LinkedIn and theorist of 'blitzscaling' — the deliberate playbook for scaling a startup into a massively valuable company at lightning speed. He literally wrote the book on trading efficiency for growth velocity.
The The Scaler founds VC-backed companies optimizing for market dominance and exit. See the role on the 23-role map →
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