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Oct 2018
41m 57s

Blitzscaling 101 with Reid Hoffman, Sara...

Greylock Partners
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Entrepreneur Chris Yeh and Greylock Partners Reid Hoffman and Sarah Guo on what it takes to scale to global dominance. Blitzscaling is the secret by which Silicon Valley and China have built startups into global, category-defining businesses at lightning fast rates. This strategy utilizes a set of techniques to grow a customer base, revenue, financing and u ... Show More
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