At least a hint of how the business model might be shifted for it to be profitable.That market being, or having the potential of being, a winner-take-all industry.It became a plan -in the heady days of unicorn funders and SPACs and zero-interest- to either force your competitors out or get such a high valuation to entice someone to come in and buy for a ridiculous amount of money. It's Uber - growing aggressively without considering profit until you dominate the market and then working to understand net profit and return on investment for venture capitalists. In short, Blizscaling is prioritizing speed over efficiency -trying to grow as quickly as possible, whatever the cost, both literally and figuratively. When LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman helped coin the phrase "Blitzscaling" in around 2015, he probably wasn't expecting it to have the influence it is having in the rise and fall of Silicon Valley's fortunes and the infinite headaches of HR managers who are hiring 40,000 people before firing them, as Infinite Scroll has previously laid out.
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