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Scaling Solutions to Climate Change — A review of John Doerr’s “Speed and Scale”?

Reid Hoffman

For start-ups looking to achieve leadership positions in emerging and highly competitive global markets, it makes sense to prioritize speed over efficiency in the face of uncertainty. How do we achieve cooperation amongst a diverse range of governments, industries, and communities, all of whom have different and often competing interests?

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A Guide To Project Management Courses

YoungUpstarts

The PRINCE2 2017 update has introduced additional flexibility, allowing the project manager to tailor the methodology to suit the project characteristics. . Read 3 chapters from Managing Successful Projects using PRINCE2 (2017). Yellow Belt and Green Belt training give delegates the ability to participate in Lean Six Sigma projects.

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Viewpoint: SXSW is almost here and Austin still waits for better WiFi

Austin Startup

Posted originally in the Austin Business Journal on March 3, 2017 There’s no shortage of clichés about the speed contrast between fast-moving tech innovation and the slower pace of government. Wireless providers are ready to improve network capacity as soon as they get the green light on the local level. to Germany and to China.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

But sometimes the fastest path to sustainable market leadership involves pursuing a strategy that is unprofitable in the short term in order to reach a position that is more profitable in the long term. Blitzscaling works when being the first company to achieve critical scale produces enduring leadership in a massively valuable market.

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Go Anywhere, Get Anything

Reid Hoffman

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

What’s some of the ways that that kind of informs your leadership? When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. Most boards have an audit committee, a nominating governance committee and a comp committee.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

What’s some of the ways that that kind of informs your leadership? When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. Most boards have an audit committee, a nominating governance committee and a comp committee.