Whether you work for a giant multinational corporation, a small local business, or launching your own venture, you need to know how to: Instead, you will learn the best practices of Silicon Valley start-ups, and how to apply these entrepreneurial strategies to your career. This book isn’t about cover letters or resumes. These are the very same skills professionals need to get ahead today. They make uncertainty and volatility work to their advantage. Why? Start-ups – and the entrepreneurs who run them – are nimble. The key is to manage your career as if it were a start-up business: a living, breathing, growing start-up of you.

Here, LinkedIn cofounder and chairman Reid Hoffman and author Ben Casnocha show how to accelerate your career in today’s competitive world. The employer-employee pact is over and traditional job security is a thing of the past. Creative disruption is shaking every industry. The career escalator is jammed at every level. The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your CareerĪ blueprint for thriving in your job and building a career by applying the lessons of Silicon Valley’s most innovative entrepreneurs.

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