The Start-up of You

The Start-up of You

Adapt, Take Risks, Grow Your Network, and Transform Your Life

Summary

From the co-founder and chairman of LinkedIn and author Ben Casnocha comes a revolutionary new book on how to apply the strategies of successful entrepreneurship to your career: in other words, how to run the 'start-up of you'.

In a world where wages are virtually stagnant, creative disruption is rocking every industry, global competition for jobs is fierce, and job security is a thing of the past, we're all on our own when it comes to our careers. In the face of such uncertainty, the key to success is to think and act like an entrepreneur: to be nimble and self-reliant, to be innovative, and to know how to network and stand out from the crowd. And this is precisely what Hoffman and Casnocha show you how to do in a book that is both inspirational and supremely practical.

Just as LinkedIn is the one online community that no professional can afford not to belong to, this is the book that no professional can afford to be without.

Reviews

  • Everyone, women and men alike, needs to think big to succeed. This is a practical book that shows you how to take control and build a career that will enable you to have real impact.
    Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook

About the authors

Reid Hoffman

Reid Hoffman is co-founder of LinkedIn, the biggest professional social network in the world with 100+ million members. Previously he was executive vice president of PayPal. He is also a partner at Greylock, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, and a director at Microsoft. He has been an early investor in over 100 technology companies, including Facebook and Zynga. He is widely viewed as one of the most successful investors of all time.
Learn More

Ben Casnocha

Ben Casnocha is an author, award-winning and cofounder of Village Global, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has funded hundreds of startups. He has written for Newsweek and appeared on CNN, the CBS Early Show and Fox News. BusinessWeek named him one of 'America's best young entrepreneurs' and he is in much demand as a public speaker.
Learn More

Sign up to the Penguin Newsletter

For the latest books, recommendations, author interviews and more