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Masters of Scale

Surprising Truths from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs

Hard-won scaling lessons distilled from iconic founders.

by Reid Hoffman with June Cohen and Deron Triff

Built on Hoffman's hit podcast, the book gathers stories and lessons from founders and leaders of companies like Netflix, Nike, Spotify, Google, and Instagram. It is organized around the entrepreneurial mindset and the surprising, counterintuitive moves that helped these companies scale. Each chapter pairs vivid founder anecdotes with practical takeaways on growth.

Founders get a curated set of scaling lessons from people who actually did it, across many industries. The mindset framing makes it useful for thinking about how to grow your own company, not just admiring others.

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