The key thing for all businesses, and especially of course technology businesses or businesses that employ technology as a key kind of… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Make sure a certain percentage of the people that you're hiring are generalists so that you can be, kind of reconfigured in… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
When thinking about how to deploy kind of professional and social networking into your business, it's really not a question of if… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
We've been working for years on how we can use technology to help people make their own jobs, become entrepreneurs, create their… — 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
Boom and bust cycles are very difficult for businesses because you're hiring a bunch because you're planning for the future. And if… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The key thing in any kind of guiding of the business is how do you create a strong organization that is kind… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Probably the biggest mistake that I made personally is I knew early on that I wanted to go into start-ups and creating… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The other reason why people don't take a stand, which is very true in this election, is looking at [Donald] Trump and… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Because in our boom times, everything is growing, usually, you know, the kind of things that come to mind are Wild, Wild,… — 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
I think I knew how frightened people were [when Donald Trump was elected], and I think I knew that people were worried… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
If you have to conduct layoffs, which is always a regrettable thing, there's kind of three things that are very important. One… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The key thing that I find that when you're kind of in boom times and you're hiring bunches, if you can hire,… — 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
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
We have made a huge amount of progress over the last 50 years by enabling trade, by enabling kind of collaboration and… — 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
When thinking about how to deploy kind of professional and social networking into your business, it's really not a question of if,… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Now, in economic crises times, the kind of things you're looking at is it's generally harder to get capital, revenue growth may… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I find that the interesting challenges, because there's obvious things where, you know, don't be unethical, don't be evil, you know, don't… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I wish to be focused on kind of the business stuff I'm doing, how do I contribute to our economic progress, how… — 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
There are two reasons [ business people are not publicly anti-Donald Trump ], one is well-intentioned, which is the classic kind of… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 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 world. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
If you could train an AI to be a Buddhist, it would probably be pretty good. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
It’s actually pretty easy to be contrarian. It’s hard to be contrarian and right. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
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 Image
The entrepreneurial journey starts with jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible. — 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
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