When you think about being contrarian, you have to think about - how is it that smart people will disagree with me, disagree with… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
People will be discovering that the Internet helps their career. One of my theses is that every individual is now a small… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think most of [people] are not very well educated themselves to understand the Winston Churchill line - democracy is the worst… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The actual, the forming of ties with a group of people around you where they help you grow as a professional, solve… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
We want to be inclusive. We want to have our shareholders, our employees, our customers, whether they are Democrat, Republican, Green or… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
In democracies, we aren't always governed by the people or the parties that we voted for. But when officials are elected, we… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The key thing for me has always been how we realize the mission - enabling every professional in the world to change… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
One of the great strengths of American culture is this empowerment of individual, is the individual being able to be entrepreneurial, create… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
People generally worry about social networking more than they need to. In kind of consumer internet investing and on social and professional… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Most of the ethical dilemmas that I have faced have all been in the category of, you know, I know something and… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
My greatest influences are actually probably a set of different teachers. And these teachers, most prominently at my high school, but also… — 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