Blitzscaling 03: Michael Dearing on Capitalism, Creativity, and Creative Destruction

This is session 3 of Technology-enabled Blitzscaling, a Stanford University class taught by Reid Hoffman, John Lilly, Allen Blue, and Chris Yeh. This class features a guest lecture by venture capitalist Michael Dearing, the Founder of Harrison Metal, who is then interviewed by Reid Hoffman.

[@wewantmusicvideos]

this is one of my favorite videos. information is nothing without context... and the history and context are provided. i've watched countless videos on marketing, entrepreneurship, startups, scaling and all that other good stuff.... this is one of the best hands down. Great stuff Michael Dearing!

[@tabmarcio]

Indeed, Michael is amazing and his interaction with the new minds, such as the audience here, is humbling genius.

[@rodrigomaroja5758]

Huge WOW for this lecture. Simply amazing and full of practical advice. Thanks again for sharing.

[@philosophe5319]

I’m a junior and I’ve read schumpeter but man I’ve never had a professor even make reference towards capitalism socialism and democracy. What a change in this worlds politics we would see if students were taught this work and they understood the consequences of the work.

[@rodrigo445678]

Schumpeter is one of the best economists of all time. He was a defender of capitalism like no other and his work is so brilliant that often gets misrepresented by socialists who don’t understand the deep point he makes in his many works.

[@AndreaRoccoMatta]

Great session! This is awesome.

[@AlistairVigier1]

Michael Dearing is a great speaker!

[@franchv]

what the student said about coffe shops can be explored at ted talk WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM by Steven Johnson

[@ronnierendel9503]

I'm glad I watched this video (watched 5-10 minutes at a time over a few days) if only to internalize the concept of Creative Destruction. It is something I inherently felt all my life and finally found a word to describe. Amazing lecture. Totally helps that Michael resembles Jerry Garcia.

[@tabmarcio]

Need to see the Jerry Garcia context here, but I think you will enjoy much the book Power Makers.

[@loveBROGaming]

Bruh’s pit stains at the end of the lecture 😂😂

[@DanielKoss]

41.50

[@ThomasBallatore]

On SAFEs, what’s up with the strong criticism but weak argument? I can only imagine that they were such a new instrument at the time that he didn’t really understand the idea? Curious what his current thinking is...

[@tak68tak]

Wow, in 5 years later Fastly acquired Signal Sciences for $775 million.

[@DanielKoss]

14.02

[@mattf2808]

I watched this like whoa, capitalism can fix slavery And then three hours later I was like wait, did he really just try to convince me that people seeking profit and money wasn't the exact motivator of the people who purchased, sold, and trafficked those slaves?

[@DanMcB1]

Some serious grooming from this guy. 13:26

[@funyun45]

Holy fuck this is bleak.

[@CO8848_2]

A bunch of people wasting time arguing about SAFE, not impressed with the audience

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[@boringmanager9559]

engineers talking about technologies: strong. Engineers talking about anything else: pathetic

[@Artistofun]

So far the worst lecture of the course - poorly worded vague ideas (if any) and too generic insights/advice. Except awesome story of a train innovator guy - what's the value of this lecture? Thanks for sharing and for awesome job organizing this thing anyway

[@finbarmostyn-williams8713]

I disagree - it’s more that he is outlining quite complex ideas which and there is a certain lack of structure or supporting materials to make what he is saying clear. There’s a lot in there though.

[@thedan2333]

@@finbarmostyn-williams8713 his point on Imperialism was cringy and naive at best...the rest was kind of ok

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