Reid was recently interviewed by Keith Ferrazzi, author of two notable books on relationships, Never Eat Alone and Who’s Got Your Back? Keith asked Reid about pivoting as the entrepreneur of your own career: “What do you think is more difficult in the pivoting process: Changing the nature of who you are, whether it’s a…
Are you (or someone you know) a college student leader dedicated to improving yourself, your networks, and your communities? Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha are pleased to announce The Start-Up of You Student Fellowship. This new program aims to accomplish two things: (1) recognize the most entrepreneurial student leaders in the world, and (2) empower them…
In the book we write that a career competitive edge emerges when you build assets in pursuit of real aspirations that account for the market realities. Single assets (skills, experiences, connections) in isolation don’t have much value. Consider Joi Ito, head of the MIT Media Lab. He was born in Japan but raised in…
Reid and Ben just wrote a long guest post at Tim Ferriss’ Four Hour Workweek blog about how to take intelligent career risk. We’re going to pick a winner from the person who leaves a comment on the post and answers these questions: – What change do you want to make in your career in…
Conventional wisdom among car companies used to be that you couldn’t talk about safety, because doing so might remind customers that you could die while driving. So the industry as a whole talked about anything else: styling details, new colors, faster engines, and so on. Except for one Swedish carmaker. Instead of shying…
Every good entrepreneur has to hustle and be resourceful in order to get their business off the ground. For example, Pandora’s founder, Tim Westergren, pitched the company to over 300 VCs before receiving any funding and did all sorts of things to keep the company afloat in the meantime. In The Start-Up of You, we argue…
In the first few weeks the book has been available, we’ve been thrilled with the reactions from everyday people for whom The Start-Up of You has made a difference in their lives and careers. On our LinkedIn Group, readers have been introducing themselves to the community and posting their thoughts on the book. Individuals from around…
We were pleased to see a favorable review of the book in The Economist. Check it out: “IF YOU start me up. If you start me up I’ll never stop”. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards probably did not have career advice in mind when they wrote these lyrics. But thinking like a start-up seems to…
We are thrilled to let you know that Ogilvy Notes created a great illustration of Reid and Ben’s talk at SXSW 2012 (click on the image for a larger version). Sacha Chua has also created a set of sketches based on the book (click for a larger version).
Reid recorded a series of Q&A videos over at the LinkedIn YouTube channel. Check them out. Here’s his welcome video kicking off the series: