Strategy & Leadership Podcast Ep.193:
Steve Hoffman (AKA Captain Hoff) joins us to discuss the biggest mistake founders make, the struggle of investing in growth vs. product, current trends in venture capital, how to fuel your next growth stage, and much more.
Steve Hoffman is the Founder & Chairman of Founders Space, a global innovation hub for entrepreneu ... Show More
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Michael Dell Put a Glass Wall Between Himself and His COO. Here's Why It Worked
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How to Scale a Service Business to 2,500 People | Jim Weiss | Strategy & Leadership Podcast
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AI Everywhere, Strategy Nowhere (with Former Accenture Leader John Rudd)
Eighty percent of your people using Copilot does not make you an AI company. In a lot of mid-market organizations it means AI is everywhere and strategy is nowhere. John Rudd built SolutionsIQ into North America's largest Agile consultancy, sold it to Accenture, and went on to ru ... Show More
29m 20s
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Strategy Session: When to replace the founder, how to be a learn-it-all, when to take the "venture bet," w/questions from Endeavor Outliers and co-host Bob Safian, editor-at-large
Growth vs. innovation, scale vs. stability, founders vs, CEOs? Entrepreneurs want to know! In this month's Strategy Session, high-performing scale-ups from around the world ask Reid their most urgent strategic questions. This episode features Endeavor's "Outliers" – the fastest-g ... Show More
50m 30s
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Welcome to The Startup of You Podcast
The Startup of You career strategy podcast, co-hosted by LinkedIn's founder Reid Hoffman and author Ben Casnocha, isn’t about cover letters or resumes. Instead, you will learn how to apply the best practices of Silicon Valley start-ups to your own life. Because whether you work f ... Show More
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