Even by Silicon Valley standards, PayPal's vision was massively ambitious. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The real secret of Silicon Valley is that it's really all about the people — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Silicon Valley tends to believe in the individual who creates a small group and does something big. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Democracy tends to be a collaborative process, a committee, a consensus. Silicon Valley tends to believe in the individual who creates a… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I really like the 'Silicon Valley' show. It's good to do a little rib-poking and not take yourself too seriously, so I… — 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
Silicon Valley tends to be very myopic - to be focused on one or two things - which has some strengths as… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think 'Settlers of Catan' is such a well-designed board game - it's the board game of entrepreneurship - that I made… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Observe, orient, decide, act. It's fighter pilot terminology. If you have the faster OODA loop in a dogfight, you live. The other… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
People are still very focused on the startup story: Risk-taking founders, with a bold idea, some capital and a network supportive environment,… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Silicon Valley tends to believe in the individual who creates a small group and does something big. Democracy is always frustrating, but… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
At Silicon Valley, I'm extremely sympathetic to the revolutionary response. I not only agree with it emotionally. I agree with it practically.… — 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
