Thursday, April 14, 2016

Book - Startup of You

My understanding of Startup of You by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha

What I remember

  • Your career is a startup - permanent beta - always test, always Day 1
  • Constantly develop competitive advantage - by using your Assets Aspirations and Market Valuations (what market thinks of your skills)
  • Always network - be genuine
    • Physical presence is important
    • Hustle
    • Show up
  • Have allies and weak ties totaling ~150 people. Also have other people to reach out to.
    • Its interesting if you only have to have 150, and the new connection must replace existing
  • Sheryl Sandberg employed by Larry Summers: once given an assignment to research a very hard topic, instead of researching books, she talked to the person who knew about the topic a lot - this impressed her boss
  • Who you know is what you know
  • Companies operate at the level of their weakest employee.

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