Game On | Greylock
When people ask Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman how he learned strategy, his answer is not that he studied in business school and earned an MBA, or that he read (and re-read) Machiavelli and Sun
Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, talks in detail about five games that have helped inform his approach to strategy and business (Tactics II, RuneQuest, Star Fleet Battles, Wooden Ships and Iron Men, Settlers of Catan). Takeaway quote:
"Part of life and business strategy is to play in a way that luck favours you more often. You can’t make your own luck; that would be determinism. But you can follow a strategy that makes you more likely to be lucky."
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