Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2024-12-16
Books mentioned on Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Founder: It’s Time To Quit Your Job When You Feel This! Selling LinkedIn For $26 Billion Taught Me This About Life! Trump Is Going To Punish Me!
Reid Hoffman is the Founder of LinkedIn, founding member of Paypal, early investor in Airbnb And Facebook.He is the co-host of the ‘Possible’ Podcast and best-selling author of books such as, ‘Masters of Scale’ and ‘Blitzscaling’.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Foundation
Foundation by Isaac Asimov is a classic science fiction epic that follows a visionary mathematician who creates a foundation to preserve civilization through a dark age.
Discussed“like you know how do you know what is the scope of humanity like you know Isaac asimov's foundation and you know this kind of stuff”
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Masters of Scale
Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman is an iconic media property and book that explores proven strategies for building and scaling massive businesses through conversations with legendary entrepreneurs.
Recommended“and also masters of scale which is an iconic podcast that many of us listen to here where you sit down with some of the greatest founders of all time”
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The Start-up of You
“um my very first book the startup review um which um came from the commencement speech I gave at my high school the Putney School in Vermont”
Own book Blitzscaling
“this is why I think I have a very unique Edge and you know in blit scaling which I think is another book on your thing uh most consumer internet plays are”
Own book Impromptu
“so last year I published a book called impromptu which is the first book on AI co-written with AI”
Own book Impromptu
“it's part of the reason I wrote impromptu Etc which is um what what is ai ai is great at adopting a role that you tell it to adopt”