Companies hire a lot during boom times because they're trying to adequately accelerate into the future. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
We believe that when the right talent meets the right opportunity in a company with the right philosophy, amazing transformation can happen. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
A little-known company with a realistic framework that appeals to entrepreneurial employees is going to be more attractive than a famous company… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
...Silicon Valley's success comes from the way its companies build alliances with their employees. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
When you turn a company profitable you've gone from a company whose days are numbered to a company whose days can be… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The underpinnings of the alliance: the company helps the employee transform his career; the employee helps the company transform. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Starting a company is like throwing yourself off the cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
One of the really key things to look at in terms of crafting strategy when you're in an economic crises is how… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The reason the social-networking phenomenon is something that I invested in early and massively - I led the Series A financing for… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The CEO's job is always about leadership. It's about leadership in a vision, in terms of where you're going, it's about making… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
One thing I learned in '97, when I thought the right time to found a company was during a swing-up, is that… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Everyone, you know, during crises times, is much more focused on, okay, how do we get the boat completely seaworthy, sailing along… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Well, well-run companies always have a focus on growth and the two lines, which includes profit. The key thing during, I think,… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The key thing for a CEO to keep their head in the game is recognize that there's turbulent times, plan for, you… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Times of economic crises can change what the competitive landscape looks like, because when, for example, you have boom times, capital is… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The first set of questions to ask yourself when you're doing cost cutting is relatively straightforward, which is, you know, can you… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
'Founder' is a state of mind, not a job description, and if done right, even CEOs who join after day 1 can… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
First mover Advantage doesn't go to the company that starts up, it goes to the company that scales up — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
As an entrepreneur and investor, I prioritize construction and collaboration. Whether it's a five-person start-up or a global giant, the companies that are most… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
In software speed to market, speed to learning is really key. In hardware if you screw it up you are dead. So accuracy really… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
“Stockpiling facts won’t get you anywhere. What will get you somewhere is being able to access the information you need, when you need it.” — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
I think the randomness by Donald Trump's governing, by tweeting, sloganeering, attacking, will create great chaos in the entire market. I think people will… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing they’re doing as something that’s going to be the whole world. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
If you could train an AI to be a Buddhist, it would probably be pretty good. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
It’s actually pretty easy to be contrarian. It’s hard to be contrarian and right. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
Giving birth to something that could possibly change the lives of millions of people for possibly decades, hundreds of years, whatever the length of… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
The entrepreneurial journey starts with jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
First mover Advantage doesn't go to the company that starts up, it goes to the company that scales up — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
Before dreaming about the future or marking plans, you need to articulate what you already have going for you - as entrepreneurs do. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
The metaphor that I frequently use for entrepreneurship is jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane plane on the way down. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
I think most of [people] are not very well educated themselves to understand the Winston Churchill line - democracy is the worst of all… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share
