Startup & VC Jargon · Managing Director level

"Blitzscale"

"Blitzscale" means to grow a company as fast as possible, deliberately accepting chaos and inefficiency in exchange for speed.

Say this instead: grow fast at all costs

How "Blitzscale" shows up at work

Popularized by Reid Hoffman to describe how Uber and Airbnb dominated their markets before anyone could catch up. In practice, it often means shipping broken things and hoping the growth numbers distract everyone from the wreckage.

Buzzword

We need to blitzscale before a competitor locks up the market.

Plain English

We need to grow fast at all costs before a competitor locks up the market.

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