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Gideon Silverman
Gideon Silverman

Gideon Silverman

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Gideon Silverman
Gideon Silverman
Dec 7, 2015 · 3 min read

Reflections on Blitzscaling: When and how?

Companies that blitzscale differ in important ways, but they generally get a number of things right.

The most important factor to achieve blitzscaling is proven and scalable product-market fit. Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb…

Gideon Silverman
Gideon Silverman
Nov 19, 2015 · 2 min read

Blitzscaling Part III: Culture and The City

Great city-scale companies have one major thing in common. They are able to inspire tens of thousands of people to want to dedicate their lives to achieve their mission.

Gideon Silverman
Gideon Silverman
Oct 6, 2015 · 3 min read

Think before hitting “blitzscale”

Contrary to the hype around “blitzscaling” in Silicon Valley, some of the Valley’s best entrepreneurs and investors have argued that success for very early-stage companies may mean not “blitzscaling” at all. It is far more important to focus on personality, product and…

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