Computer Reseller Startups Can Learn from LinkedIn Co-Founder (Slides)

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Computer Reseller

Startups Can Learn

from LinkedIn

Co-Founder

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Consider Some

Advice from

Reid Hoffman,

a Cofounder of

LinkedIn

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Hoffman Spoke

at the Austin South

by Southwest

Interactive Festival

in March



His Primary

Advice was to

Think of Yourself

in “Permanent

Beta Mode”



A Computer

Reseller Will

Still Likely Face

Turning Points



Consider These

Two Tips to

Keep in Mind:



1. Be Willing to

Adapt


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Don’t Fall in Love

With Just One Idea

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You May Need to

Switch Client Types

or Expand Your

Service Model



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2. Have a

Networking

Strategy



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Hoffman Advocates

a Kind of Bi-level

Networking

Strategy:



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I. Focus Closely

On the People

You Know Best



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II. Don’t Dismiss

the Peripheral

Acquaintances



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As a Computer

Reseller,

You Can Borrow

Hoffman’s Strategy



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Of Utilizing

Relationships as

“Soft Assets’’



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If You Have Tips

on Cultivating

Networking

Contacts



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Or Adapting Your

Business



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