SUMMARY - Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies by Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh

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*At the end of 1996, the world's top-rated companies were still big industries: General Electric, Coca-Cola, Royal Dutch Shell and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. Twenty years later, none of these companies are in the top five. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook are the next generation. In the meantime, the global economy has witnessed the rise of these digital companies. In Silicon Valley, the 150 most successful companies are estimated to be worth $3.5 trillion. Some of these digital companies have grown from small, hard-working startups to global giants in just a few short years. How did they achieve such tremendous growth? The main secret of this success can be summed up in one word: blitzscaling.

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