Ito: Hoffman's 'let fires burn' philosophy harms work-life balance
Joi Ito · Arianna Huffington: What great founders do at night · Mar 17, 2023 · at 10:39
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Joi Ito (then-director of the MIT Media Lab) critiques Reid Hoffman's famous startup prioritization heuristic of letting fires burn.
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“So the only concern I have for Reed is that this notion of letting fires burn isn't the greatest philosophy for having a work-life balance, and I think that's something that Reed is now just starting to process.”
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