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Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: GameStop, SPACs, gov't stimulus, and vaccines

"The future is sooner and stranger than you think," Reid Hoffman tells Rapid Response host Bob Safian in a frank, unfiltered conversation about the lessons of 2021 so far. "The rulebook will be changing month by month." The co-hosts dive into U.S. government stimulus efforts; GameStop, SPACs and potential froth in the investment markets; rising pressure on business leaders to engage on social and policy issues; and how vaccinations are impacting all of us. Plus: the 10-year anniversary of Reid's book "The Startup of You."Listen to Rapid Response episodes mentioned in this interview:John Donahoe (Nike): <a href="http://listen.mastersofscale.com/NikeJohnDonahoe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://listen.mastersofscale.com/NikeJohnDonahoe</a>Ed Bastian (Delta): <a href="http://listen.mastersofscale.com/DeltaEdBastian" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://listen.mastersofscale.com/DeltaEdBastian</a>Daniella Ballou-Aares (Leadership Now Project): <a href="http://listen.mastersofscale.com/LeadershipNowDBA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://listen.mastersofscale.com/LeadershipNowDBA</a>Read a transcript of this episode at <a href="https://mastersofscale.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mastersofscale.com</a>Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter at <a href="https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe</a>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Award-winning business advice from Silicon Valley and beyond. Iconic CEOs, from Nike to Netflix, Starbucks to Slack, share the strategies that helped them grow from startups into global brands — and to weather crisis when it strikes. On each episode of our classic format, founding host Reid Hoffman — LinkedIn cofounder, Greylock partner and legendary Silicon Valley investor — and a stellar lineup of guest hosts prove unconventional theories about how businesses scale. Guests share their stories of entrepreneurship, leadership, strategy, management, fundraising. You’ll hear the human journey, too — failures, setbacks, learnings. From our Rapid Response format, you can expect real-time wisdom from business leaders in fast-changing situations. Hosted by Bob Safian, past editor-in-chief of Fast Company, these episodes tackle crisis response, rebuilding, diversity &amp; inclusion, leadership change and much more.