World-changing startups need to be premised on accurate contrarian theories. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
A networker likes to meet people. I don't. I like accomplishing things in the world. You meet people when you want to… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Ironically, in a changing world, playing it safe is one of the riskiest things you can do. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
There's a lot of people in the world that would love to trade places with American citizens, and we are very fortunate… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing they’re doing as something that’s going to be the whole… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
My belief and goal is that every professional in the world should be on a service liked LinkedIn. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The world's better off the more Silicon Valleys there are and the more scaled companies there are. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
You remake yourself as you grow and as the world changes. Your identity doesn’t get found. It emerges. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
What makes the meaning of life is people, so you try to be good to people immediately around you and in your… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I usually allocate time each week to work on topics outside of the normal workflow. These topics can be multi-year strategies for… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs are like visionaries. One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing they're doing as something that's going… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
To have your parents get divorced at a young age, there's a lot of turbulence. We all grew up together, in some… — 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
It's nice to be happy. But the meaning of life is meaning - what's the impact you're having on the world. Suffering… — 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
