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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I was never given this advice, people aren't given this advice, focus on growing and maintaining relationships for your network, and that's… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
A little-known company with a realistic framework that appeals to entrepreneurial employees is going to be more attractive than a famous company… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Our elected officials must understand that we, the American people, expect them to perform the duties of their office, even when that… — 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
Managing risk is a key variable, frankly, all aspects of life, business is just one of them, and one of the things… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
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
The key thing for a CEO to keep their head in the game is recognize that there's turbulent times, plan for, you… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I'm sympathetic to the people who go, "Whoa, we'd like to have the benevolent, wise dictator. It will all work much more… — 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
Your network is the people who want to help you, and you want to help them, and that's really powerful. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think the right way to do this is just to step up and do it, so I actually think we'll see… — 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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