When blitzscaling, speed is more important than having a “well-run” organization. Under normal circumstances, you should strive for organizational co… - Reid Hoffman

Peter doesn’t believe in beating the competition, he believes in escaping it altogether — either by entering an emerging field with no natural competitors or by moving so quickly and decisively that competitors have no hope of catching up.

In the Family stage, you should hire only generalists.

Yet despite these offensive reasons to scale, the most common driver of blitzscaling is the threat of competition. Even without competition, you would still want to achieve first-scaler advantage and climb the learning curve, but you might prefer the less risky fastscaling approach to growth. Ask yourself, “Can somebody else realize this opportunity before me?” If the answer is yes, moving faster probably reduces the risk of competition more than it raises the risk of failure. The more intense the competition, the faster you should try to move.