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Transcripts of all episodes can be found here. You can find the transcript of this episode here. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did! It’s one of the few podcasts that has a permanent home on my phone. On Masters of Scale, Reid shares his theories on how companies scale from zero to a gazillion, and he explores them with famous founders. But that’s not all… there is plenty of new footage, including 6-10 new questions posed by yours truly to Reid, some of my own startup observations, and lots of great cutting-room floor material from people like Brian Chesky (Airbnb) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook). The “10 Commandments” in this episode are drawn from the entire first season of Masters of Scale, one of my favorite podcasts, also hosted by Reid. At PayPal, he was nicknamed “firefighter-in-chief” by CEO Peter Thiel. Noted venture capitalist David Sze says of Reid, “ is arguably the most successful angel investor in the past decade.” They are now both partners at Greylock Partners, a top-tier venture capital firm. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President at PayPal, which was purchased by eBay for $1.5 billion. Reid is Co-Founder of LinkedIn, which has more than 300 million users and sold to Microsoft for $26.2B. Reid has been on the show before, and he is often referred to as “The Oracle of Silicon Valley” by tech insiders, who look at his company-building and investing track record (which includes Facebook, Airbnb, Zynga, Flickr, and more) with awe. In this special episode, we explore the “10 Commandments for Startup Success” as taught by the one and only Reid Hoffman ( LinkedIn, Twitter). “Hard work isn’t enough, and more work is never the real answer.”
