Elad Gil · 2018
A practical manual for scaling technology startups written by an experienced investor and operator.
Sami Inkinen values it because it adds a lot of value professionally.
Scaling technology companies from ten to ten thousand people requires navigating complex organizational growth phases and deciding what to prioritize while expanding a business.
Startup founders and team leaders managing rapid company expansion who need to figure out what operational priorities to select and what tasks to avoid.
Skip if you are not currently building or scaling an organization and do not manage a growing team.
Summarized from what was said in 3 conversations; the quotes are below.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“is to read a book called The High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil. E-L-A-D-G-I-L.”
Why: Written by an exceptional angel investor and operator.
Tim Ferriss, Host on The Tim Ferriss Show#859: Q&A with Tim — The Upcoming AI Tsunami and Building Offline Advantage, Book Recommendations, Spotting Psychedelic Red Flags, Courage as a Learnable Skill, and More
“Actually, the High Growth Handbook by Elad Gilwitz is much, much, much new and I know you've interviewed Elad.”
Why: It adds a lot of value professionally.
Sami Inkinen, Guest on The Tim Ferriss Show#866: Sami Inkinen of Virta Health — Reversing Type 2 Diabetes, Rowing 2,750 Miles, and Lessons from Fixing Metabolic Health in 100,000+ People
The author, or a host talking with the author, discusses the book. Not counted as an endorsement.
“Elad is the author of the bestseller, High Growth Handbook, Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People. I'll leave it at that. Without further ado, please enjoy a very wide-ranging and I think very timely, very important conversation with none other than Elad Gill.”
Tim Ferriss, Host on The Tim Ferriss Show#863: Elad Gil, Consigliere to Empire Builders — How to Spot Billion-Dollar Companies Before Everyone Else, The Misty AI Frontier, How Coke Beat Pepsi, When Consensus Pays, and Much More
More from this conversation
“Let me come back to a few things you said. So you mentioned the perplexity founder or later the founder who said, you're talking about this stuff, right? or he heard or read or found you talking about this stuff. Where was that? Was that posts on your blog? Was it somewhere else?”
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