Technical Book Review: “The Startup of You” by Reid Hoffman

Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career

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📣 Curious Quotes from the Author:

“If you aren’t embarrassed by the first version of your product, you shipped too late.”

“Society flourishes when people think entrepreneurially.”

“The person passionate about what he or she is doing will outwork and outlast the guy motivated solely by making money.”

“For many people “twenty years of experience” is really one year of experience repeated twenty times.”

“An entrepreneur is someone who will jump off a cliff and assemble an airplane on the way down.”

“Everything in life has some risk, and what you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it.”

“For life in permanent beta, the trick is to never stop starting.”

“All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA, and creation is the essence of entrepreneurship.”

“Start a personal blog and begin developing a public reputation and public portfolio of work that’s not tied to your employer.”

“You need to think and act like you’re running a start-up: your career.”

“If you’re in permanent beta in your career, twenty years of experience actually is twenty years of experience because each year will be marked by new, enriching challenges and opportunities. Permanent beta is essentially a lifelong commitment to continuous personal growth. Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’.”

“When the Naysayers Are Loud, Turn Up the Music”

“Throwing your heart into something is great, but when any one thing becomes all that you stand for, you’re vulnerable to an identity crisis when you pivot to a Plan B.”

“There’s a common misconception that Silicon Valley is the accelerator of the world. The real story is that the world keeps getting faster — Silicon Valley is just the first place to figure out how to keep pace. While Silicon…