Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

The authors of "The Alliance" and "The Start-up of You" have written a book called "Blitzscaling" that offers a guide for budding entrepreneurs on how to achieve fast and sustainable growth in their start-ups. The book features case studies from prominent tech businesses and emphasizes the importance of prioritizing speed over efficiency in a rapidly changing environment.

Format: Paperback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 18 Oct 2018
Publisher: HarperCollins

Foreword by Bill Gates From the authors of New York Times bestsellers, The Alliance and The Start-up of You, comes a smart and accessible must-have guide for budding entrepreneurs everywhere.

Silicon Valley is renowned for its striking number of businesses which have grown from garage start-ups into global giants; Apple, Cisco, Google, HP and Intel to name a few. But what is the secret to their outstanding success? Hoffman and Yeh explain that it's simple: they've learnt how to blitzscale.

Featuring case studies from numerous prominent tech businesses such as AirBnB and WeChat, this book offers a specific set of practices for catalysing and managing dizzying growth in bourgeoning start-ups.

Prioritising speed over efficiency in an environment of uncertainty, Blitzscaling illustrates how businesses can accelerate to the stage in a company's life cycle where the most value is generated.

Using the framework provided by Hoffman and Yeh, readers will learn how to design business models which simultaneously support growth at a furious pace and capture the market, as well as how to navigate the necessary shifts in strategy needed at each level of scale.

Check out Reid Hoffman's upcoming book: Masters of Scale (September 2021, Transworld Publishers)

Weight: 418g
Dimensions: 231 x 164 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008303631