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Reid Hoffman
Greylock; Blitzscaling, network-business design
Reid Garrett Hoffman is an American Internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author. Hoffman is the co-founder and former executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking. He is also chairman of venture capital firm Village Global, a co-founder of Inflection AI, a co-founder of Manas AI, and a board member at Arc Institute.
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Top 100 Venture Investors by Framework
Rank #11·Greylock; Blitzscaling, network-business design
Top 100 Business Authors of the Last 25 Years
Rank #10·blitzscaling / *Blitzscaling*, *The Start-up of You*
Frameworks
Attributed to Reid Hoffman
Mental models, principles, and operating frameworks extracted from sources where Reid is the credited author or speaker.
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Adaptive Leadership at Scale
Unite global teams through elevated mission, authentic connection, and constant evolution
Leadership·from Masters of Scale
Behavior-Driven Product Development
Watch what customers do, not what they say, and let them hijack your roadmap
Innovation·from Masters of Scale
Blitzscaling
Prioritize speed over efficiency in the face of uncertainty to build dominant companies.
Strategy·from Blitzscaling
Blitzscaling — Conditional Speed-Over-Efficiency
Race at wasteful speed only when competitors are racing or critical mass demands it
Strategy·from Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Founder: It's Time To Quit Your Job When You Feel This!
Contrarian Idea Selection
Smart people thinking you're crazy is the moat signal, not a red flag
Entrepreneurship·from Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Founder: It's Time To Quit Your Job When You Feel This!
Culture as Competitive Moat
Build an intentional culture early because a broken culture cannot be fixed later
Leadership·from Masters of Scale
Do Things That Don't Scale
Hand-serve your first users obsessively to discover what millions will love
Entrepreneurship·from Masters of Scale
Escape Velocity Growth
Move so fast that competitors cannot catch up, even at the cost of near-term efficiency
Strategy·from Masters of Scale
Learn to Unlearn
The expertise that made you successful last time will make you fail next time
Mindset·from Masters of Scale
Soft Asset Compounding (The Start-Up of You)
Knowledge, skills, and network compound to 300% outcomes; salary optimises the wrong thing
Self-Mastery·from Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Founder: It's Time To Quit Your Job When You Feel This!
Super Agency — AI as Amplification Intelligence
AI magnifies human agency through network effects, not replacement
Innovation·from Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Founder: It's Time To Quit Your Job When You Feel This!
The Blitzscaling Doctrine
Prioritize speed over efficiency when the market rewards first movers
Strategy·from Masters of Scale: Make Everyone a Hero
The Five Stages of Blitzscaling
Navigate five phase changes from garage startup to global giant as each stage demands a fundamentally different approach.
Strategy·from Blitzscaling
The Four Growth Factors
Design your business model around market size, distribution, high gross margins, and network effects.
Strategy·from Blitzscaling
The Four Growth Limiters
Identify and design around the obstacles that cap your company's growth trajectory.
Strategy·from Blitzscaling
The Gold in the Nos
Treat rejection as market intelligence, not as a verdict on your idea
Entrepreneurship·from Masters of Scale
The Hero-Maker Leadership Model
Your job as leader is making everyone else the hero
Leadership·from Masters of Scale: Make Everyone a Hero
The Network Compounding Effect
Invest in others' success and the returns compound for decades
Strategy·from Masters of Scale: Make Everyone a Hero
The Nine Counterintuitive Rules of Blitzscaling
Follow nine rules that violate traditional management wisdom to achieve hypergrowth.
Strategy·from Blitzscaling
Theory-of-the-Game — Critical Mass Thesis Building
Build a specific model for the path to critical mass before smart critics see it
Entrepreneurship·from Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Founder: It's Time To Quit Your Job When You Feel This!
The Strategic Pivot
Kill your old idea gracefully to free your team and resources for the one that scales
Strategy·from Masters of Scale
The Trojan Horse: Purpose-Driven Scale
Embed social impact into your business model so doing good and doing well reinforce each other
Entrepreneurship·from Masters of Scale
Domains
Framework distribution
22frameworks
Strategy10 frameworks · 45.5%
Entrepreneurship5 frameworks · 22.7%
Leadership3 frameworks · 13.6%
Innovation2 frameworks · 9.1%
Mindset1 framework · 4.5%
Self-Mastery1 framework · 0.1%
Bibliography
Sources by Reid Hoffman
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Book
Appears alongside
Top neighbors of Reid Hoffman
8people
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Ben Horowitz
startup management / *The Hard Thing About Hard Things*, *What You Do Is Who You Are*
2shared lists
02Hemant Taneja
General Catalyst; "responsible innovation" + healthcare-platform thesis
2shared lists
03A.G. Lafley & Roger Martin
playing-to-win / *Playing to Win*
1shared list
04Adam Grant
give-and-take / *Give and Take*, *Originals*, *Think Again*
1shared list
05Aileen Lee
Cowboy; "unicorn" coiner, Cambrian-explosion essays
1shared list
06Albert Wenger
USV; World After Capital, attention-economy thesis
1shared list
07Alfred Lin
Sequoia; Zappos-COO turned investor; ops-as-moat
1shared list
08Alice Schroeder
Buffett biographer / *The Snowball*
1shared list
Last updated
10 May 2026