the billion dollar startup playbook
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Startups face an inherent challenge. Changing the world requires growth and scale. Yet growth has the potential to strip any company of the magic, culture and nimbleness that made it successful in the first place. In 2013, my LinkedIn Talent Solutions team rallied around the idea of becoming something unique: a “Billion Dollar Startup.” Our goal was to become a multi-billion dollar business that stayed true to our startup roots without falling prey to slowness, cautiousness, rigidity, inertia… all the things that we despise. Last week at our annual kickoff, we launched this Billion Dollar Startup playbook, which highlights the challenges that plague growing companies, and offers nine rules that can help your team navigate this phase of growth. This is a work in progress. Feedback welcome. Follow my blog at: https://www.linkedin.com/influencer/314058TRANSCRIPT
LinkedIn Talent Solutions
Our Quest to become aBillion Dollar Startup
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Start-ups face a challenging road
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We have dreams of transforming the world
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But, changing the world requires scaleLinkedIn Talent Solutions
With growth, we risk losing our startup DNA
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and the scrappiness that made us greatLinkedIn Talent Solutions
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We become complacent and assume success
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We don’t know our colleagues as well (or trust them as much) LinkedIn Talent Solutions
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Personal contributions become less visible
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We tend to worry about our own slice
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Growing big while running like a startup is hard
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We must keep our startup rootsWe must keep our startup roots and remember what got us here
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While learning how to scale elegantly
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We aspire to be a billion dollar business while keeping our startup
magic...here’s how.
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We aspire to be a billion dollar business while keeping our startup
magic...here’s how.
Rule #4 - Hire for culture fit and long term potential
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Rule #8 - Listen to the frontlineLinkedIn Talent Solutions
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Most startups lose their magic as they grow. They get complacent, over-confident and cautious. We don’t have time for that… we have a big mountain to climb together.
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Authored byDan Shapero
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Illustrated byBrett Wallace
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Thank you!