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The A16Z podcast is an exception.

It takes you straight to the innovators behind new materials, data centers, self-driving cars, even electric boats,

eavesdrop on the future with the A16Z podcast. Part of the way I look at the government is government provides a platform, it provides the basis of network, innovations come out of the network.

The really key thing is that

when government people start saying well I'm the important person and I'm going to be the centralized control that tends to be a massive decrease in in potential and

realization of value. of our Hello and welcome to the Exponential View podcast. I'm Azimazar, your host and the creator of the newsletter

Exponential View. In today's podcast, I'm in conversation with Reed Hoffman, Creator,

entrepreneur, investor, the founder of LinkedIn and widely thought of as the sage of Silicon Valley.

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C.O. In today's conversation with Reed Hoffman, we explore two aspects of Silicon Valley.

The first is its business culture. We explore two aspects of Silicon Valley.

The first is its business culture and why the technology firms there seem to grow so quickly.

There's a deliberate strategy behind this, one that Reed calls Blitz scaling.

We explore the playbook for doing this, why it works, and why it is so different to business as usual.

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