People who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be. — 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
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
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
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
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
If you can get better at your job, you should be an active member of LinkedIn, because LinkedIn should be connecting you… — 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… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Simply writing a Ph.D. or academic book was unlikely to play much of a role in helping shape people's lives as I… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Opportunities do not float like clouds in the sky. They're attached to people. If you're looking for an opportunity, you're really looking… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The thing that changes your professional life, your capabilities, your learning, your understanding, your opportunity flow, your ability to make things happen,… — 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
I think the randomness by Donald Trump's governing, by tweeting, sloganeering, attacking, will create great chaos in the entire market. I think… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
When you have an idea, a classic entrepreneurial impulse is to hold the idea close to you and not tell people and… — 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 value of being connected and transparent is so high that the roadbumps of privacy issues are much lower in actual experience… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
People are legitimately worried about Donald Trump, almost like a schoolyard bully, if I step up, am I going to be targeted,… — 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
I think Hillary [Clinton] hears the anger in a broad swath of the American people, and she says, "OK, how do I… — 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
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
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
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
[Hillary Clinton] is also smart, she talks to people, she hears, and she says, "OK, I need to update, we need some… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
What great founders do is seek the networks that will be essential to their task . Usually it's best to have two… — 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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![“There are two reasons [ business people are not publicly anti-Donald Trump ], one is well-intentioned, which is the classic kind of American notion. We want to be inclusive, we want to have our shareholders, our employees, our customers, whether they are Democrat, Republican, Green or Libertarian…” quote by Reid Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/14e/reid-hoffman-1342_apolitical_there-are-two-reasons-business-people-ar_2154949.jpg)
![“I think most of [people] are not very well educated themselves to understand the Winston Churchill line - democracy is the worst of all governments until you consider all the other ones.” quote by Reid Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/86b/reid-hoffman-1342_democracy_i-think-most-of-people-are-not-very-well_167536.jpg)
![“I think Hillary [Clinton] hears the anger in a broad swath of the American people, and she says, "OK, how do I help create a future that's good for you?"” quote by Reid Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cde/reid-hoffman-1342_american-people_i-think-hillary-clinton-hears-the-anger_1230029.jpg)
![“I think I knew how frightened people were [when Donald Trump was elected], and I think I knew that people were worried about their future. I don't think I realized that they would be willing to risk kind of a 1920s Germany in order to blow it all up, not realizing that we've accomplished a lot as…” quote by Reid Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1a5/reid-hoffman-1342_accomplished_i-think-i-knew-how-frightened-people-wer_244714.jpg)
![“[Hillary Clinton] is also smart, she talks to people, she hears, and she says, "OK, I need to update, we need some much bigger changes."” quote by Reid Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/361/reid-hoffman-1342_bigger_hillary-clinton-is-also-smart-she-talks_2538585.jpg)
