Blitzscaling¶
Hoffman, R., & Yeh, C. (2018). Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies.
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Primes¶
- Cross-Boundary Subsidy
- Venture-funded ecosystems: startup-ecosystem dependence on venture capital that prices growth above margin; recipient business models look self-sustaining but are structurally subsidised, and capital-cycle contraction propagates as ecosystem-wide stress.
This sourceDescribes deliberately prioritizing growth over efficiency by burning venture capital to acquire users faster than unit economics support — the below-margin 'growth' subsidy whose withdrawal (a funding winter) propagates as runway-lagged layoffs.
- Venture-funded ecosystems: startup-ecosystem dependence on venture capital that prices growth above margin; recipient business models look self-sustaining but are structurally subsidised, and capital-cycle contraction propagates as ecosystem-wide stress.
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